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A unanimous endorsement of the Chamber of Deputies, after a rapid processing, received the bill that incorporates the private home workers to the Unemployment Insurance, the result of an agreement between the senators of the Labor Commission and the government when the modifications were discussed to unemployment insurance.
By 147 votes, the deputies ratified the text of the initiative that was ready to be promulgated as a Law, thus facilitating the transfer from their individual system that operated in the AFPs to the mixed Unemployment Insurance system, accessing the benefits of those who They have an indefinite contract.
“Access to unemployment insurance has been demanded since its creation by private home workers, especially during the health, economic and social crisis that the pandemic has left, where our sector was devastated, losing more than 120 thousand jobs, which which corresponds to 40% of the jobs, and being constantly out of the support of the State ”, said the Coordinator of Organizations of Workers of Private House (Sintracap, Fesintracap, Anecap, Sinducap) in a statement.
With this new law, the employer’s contribution remains at 4.11% per month, of which a percentage (1.11%) will be kept for severance pay, and 3% will go to Unemployment Insurance for both the individual account (2, 2%) and the Solidarity Fund (0.8%). In addition, a period is contemplated for the affected persons to decide whether to transfer the resources or not, from the pension system.
“I am very happy with the signal we gave today in the Chamber. We have many debts with these women who have been so affected by the pandemic leading the unemployment figures at the national level. We must put all our effort into improving their conditions and advancing even more rights in this health emergency, “said the president of the Labor Commission, Gael Yeomans (CS).
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According to the Ministry of Labor, the regulations will benefit some 130,000 workers, mostly women. “We are very happy with the dispatch of this law. This is great news for our domestic workers who have been especially hit by the economic effects of this pandemic, ”said the head of the portfolio, María José Zaldívar.
The law will take effect on October 1 next.
According to the Undersecretary of Social Welfare, Pedro Pizarro, the new contracts concluded after the entry into force of this law will be governed by the new regulations, “and the funds saved in the individual compensation accounts in the AFPs before the entry into force in force of the law they remain intact ”.
As of October, the workers will be able to access the Insurance benefits with the same contribution requirements that are required of the rest of the workers, by means of the transfer of their funds for compensation to the Unemployment system. For example, the authority indicates, a private home worker who receives a salary equivalent to the Minimum Monthly Income, will need to transfer around 3% of her wages for three months, to access the Insurance benefits: with approximately $ 30 thousand pesos she will comply with the requirements.
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