Jared Laureles and Jessica Xantomila
La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, November 24, 2024, p. 8
Pensioners who work as delivery workers and drivers through applications could be affected by the reform initiative to formalize this sector, since it involves registering them again in Social Security and returning them to the mandatory regime with an employer.
There are also those who work independently and contribute resources to the IMSS to improve their retirement, under Modality 40, warned workers who are employed on digital platforms.
They pointed out that those who are in these cases will be left in the dilemma of losing their pension to continue working as delivery workers or drivers, or stop doing so to preserve their rights. They asked labor authorities and legislators to clarify what will happen to those who are in this situation, once the initiative is sent to the Chamber of Deputies.
Míriam Salazar, 59 years old, has been an application driver since 2020. That year she lost her job, so she decided to work this way, since she can cover the contributions she must make to Modality 40 to increase her paid weeks.
I am paying the cap, a salary of 2,700 pesos a day, and I plan to retire at 60 years old.
he indicated. The driver complained that the pensioners and those of us who are in that process
were not taken into account. We prefer to be as a natural person with activity on a technological platform, rather than as an employee, because they are going to give me a much lower income than what I am paying and that is going to harm me in the calculation of my pension. It would not be advisable for me to return to work as an application employee
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Labor lawyer Diego García Saucedo said that people who are already retired decide to get employed appreciate the flexibility
and they can obtain other income and continue having their pension, due to unemployment at advanced age, old age or disability.
However, he warned, there is a risk of losing that benefit because they would be obligatorily enrolled again in Social Security.
