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Between Wednesday and Thursday, the House Labor Commission will vote on the bill that readjusts the legal minimum wage from 320,500 to 322 thousand pesos.
The initiative is already under immediate discussion, which means that the National Congress has six days to process the proposal.
This is a project that – despite negotiations with the Central Unitary of Workers (CUT) – sets the legal minimum wage at 322,000 pesos, increasing only 0.4%, pertaining to a nominal variation.
According to what they pointed out from the Executive, the idea is that instead of raising the cost of hiring to sectors with the greatest drop in income – such as SMEs or tourism – the responsibility is assumed by the State, through the minimum income subsidy guaranteed.
This Monday, explaining this proposal, the Minister of Finance Ignacio Briones pointed out that the best option is for the State to take charge, instead of raising costs to the workers. He ruled out that there was pettiness or saving resources in the midst of the economic crisis derived from the coronavirus.
In the Chamber’s Work Commission, the study on this project began. In the instance, the president of the CUT, Bárbara Figueroa, described the income fund as “unpresentable”.
The criticism has been mainly from the opposition. In fact, the PPD bench classified the proposal as “inhumane”, while other sectors of the opposition, including the ruling party, called on the Government to reconsider the amount.
However, from Chile Vamos some suggestions also emerged. Deputy RN Francisco Eguiguren, from the Chamber’s Labor Commission, pointed out that the Government has been somewhat conservative with the first proposal.
Some proposals have been raised in Congress. For example, the PS deputy Jaime Naranjo, proposed that the subsidy can be divided and delivered both to the employer, as well as to the worker.
He called the proposal “scandalous.”
UDI deputy Patricio Melero defended the proposal, noting that the debate will be crossed by the economic crisis and also the high unemployment.
It is expected that this project can be voted on during this day. If that does not happen, due to the hearings that will be held, the initiative will be voted on tomorrow, Thursday.
Once the proposal is voted by the Labor Commission, it will be sent to the Finance Commission, where a critical scenario is also expected. In fact, the member of that commission, Marcelo Schilling, indicated that lThe opposition will analyze this initiative “very severely”.
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