Since the law came into force in January 2022 that imposed that the salary cap for public workers be the remuneration of an Undersecretary of State, Several public bodies have requested exceptions for situations that the norm establishes.
In addition to the directors of state entities, excluded from this limitationLaw 17,556, modified in December 2020, enables agencies to request that certain officials charge above the $263 thousand what does an undersecretary earn “in exceptional cases and for reasons based on the notorious competence or irrefutably proven experience of the natural person”, after a favorable report from the Office of Planning and Budget (OPP).
Only in April 2022, the government approved several exceptions requested by state bodies.
One of them was requested by ancap for some salaries of its subsidiary Silver Cements. The Executive Power approved that its general manager maintain a nominal remuneration of $367,096, as well as the manager of Plant 33 ($352,097), the head of Production of Plant 33 ($318,019), the head of Planning and Control Plant 33 ($267,225) at January 2021 values, so today your income is higher than those amounts.
Antel managed to keep senior positions in its subsidiaries outside the ceiling: the general manager of ITC ($ 290,901) and the managers of the commercial area, administration and finance, and operations. The same was obtained for the general manager ($290,901) and the project manager of HG SA, and for the general manager of Accesa ($278,105).
The ANII asked the government that its administration and finance manager maintain his nominal remuneration as of January 2021 of $278,732.
The Honorary Administrative Commission of the Solidarity Fund, for its part, requested that its general manager maintain a remuneration of $359,033 at January 2021 valuesas well as the Bank Savings Protection Corporation (Copab) for its general manager ($367,096), its deposit insurance manager ($314,620) and its bank resolution deputy manager ($314,620).
The National Development Corporation (CND) requested the exception for 13 high-ranking officialsincluding its general manager ($366,230), administration and IT manager ($320,681), fund administration manager ($315,055), among 10 others. general manager of the Road Corporation of Uruguay ($320,692), its financial economic control manager ($280,275) and the general manager of the Railway Corporation of Uruguay ($320,692) and that of the National Financial Corporation Administrator of Investment Funds SA ($306,804).
AFAP Republic asked the government that its general manager ($ 690 thousand), the investment manager ($ 492,414) and the head of the investment desk ($ 411,396), among five other officials, be above the cap.
The Ministry of Industry also requested exceptions for 11 executives of the gas companies for pipeline distribution Montevideo Gas and Connect. The maximum remuneration is received by the general manager of both companies with a salary of $367,096.
INAC also required exceptions for nine of its managers and technicians, including its general manager ($353,587) and the knowledge, information and marketing managers, who received compensation of $282,506.
In all cases, they are salaries as of January 2021, so this year they received the increase that was granted to the public of 7%, in addition to possible additional costs that each organization was able to negotiate in their respective collective agreements.
The LATU or the Uruguayan Center for Molecular Imaging also accepted this rule to maintain the remuneration of their main technicians.
The Box of Professionals approved a salary reduction for some of its managers and officials of the institution to comply with the provision of the Executive Power, although it requested exceptions for eight of its main executives, including its general manager, whose remuneration was reduced from $626,694 to $413,191 nominal.
