The readjustment to the minimum wage is ready to be passed into law – ATON

He Senate approved by 25 votes in favor and 11 abstentions the bill that readjusts the minimum wage monthly in only $ 6,000, with the possibility of a new negotiation in six more months, just for May 1.

Following a report prepared by the mixed Commission that settled divisions between the ruling party and the opposition, the upper house gave the go to a brief hike, justified in the economic crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused high unemployment rates.

In this way, the minimum wage increased by $ 320,500 a $ 326,500 and it will run from the income of September 1, 2020, that is, it will be retroactive and the difference will have to be supplemented if the salaries have been paid.

The senator Isabel Allende, of the Socialist Party, was one of the parliamentarians who abstained and justified her vote stating that “unfortunately it is insufficient“and added that” the Government could have made a greater effort “, while Jose Miguel Insulza, also from the PS, added that “We understand that there must be a readjustment“.

Senate approved readjustment of the minimum wage:

This is how the senators voted:

In favor:

  • Claudio Alvarado – UDI
  • Carmen Aravena – Evopoli
  • Juan Castro – RN
  • Francisco Chahuan – RN
  • Juan Antonio Coloma – UDI
  • José Miguel Durana – UDI
  • Ebensperger Light – UDI
  • Álvaro Elizalde – PS
  • Alejandro García Huidobro – UDI
  • Jose Garcia – RN
  • Carolina Goic – DC
  • Francisco Huenchimilla – DC
  • Felipe Kast – Evopoli
  • Ricardo Lagos Weber – PPD
  • Iván Moreira – UDI
  • Ximena Ordenes – Independent (PPD)
  • Manuel José Ossandon – Independent
  • Jorge Pizarro – DC
  • Rafael Prohens – RN
  • Kenneth Pugh – Independent (RN)
  • Marcela Sabat – Registered Nurse
  • David Sandoval – UDI
  • Jorge Soria – Independent (PPD)
  • Jacqueline van Rysselberghe – UDI
  • Ena Von Baer – UDI

Abstention:

  • Isabel Allende – PS
  • Alejandro Guiller – PR
  • José Miguel Insulza – PS
  • Juan Ignacio Latorre – RD
  • Carlos Montes – PS
  • Adriana Muñoz – PPD
  • Alejandro Navarro – COUNTRY
  • Yasna Provoste – DC
  • Jaime Quintana – PPD
  • Rabindranath Quinteros – PPD
  • Ximena Rincon – DC

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