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In this sense, the difference with the initial figure raised (2%) would be a few points, which would set the increase at 23,700 pesos. And the global figure would be 901,503 pesos.
The new proposal of the businessmen, who this Thursday were criticized by Mario Hernández, who asks for a higher minimum wage, also includes a higher increase in transport assistance. According to Caracol Radio, it was put on the table to raise this aid by 5.49%.
That is, if these figures are approved, from January 1 the minimum wage in Colombia It would be 1,010,000 pesos represented as follows: 901,500 pesos of basic of the minimum + 108,496 pesos of transportation assistance.
Entrepreneurs exalt that this proposal is higher than the 2% that they initially raised and that it only raised the minimum wage by 17,550 pesos in Colombia for 2021. In addition, it is higher than the inflation caused in the country in the last year.
They also insisted that this new figure is in line with the economic reality that the country is going through in the midst of a crisis, said that station.
Minimum wage 2021 in Colombia
The increase in the minimum wage next year is still in expectation and, despite the new proposal, the positions of employers and workers are very distant. The latter insist that the increase should be greater and approach a 10% increase.
One of those who came out to defend, to a certain extent, the position of the workers’ centrals was the businessman Mario Hernández, who criticized the attitude of his colleagues because he considers that citizens should increase their consumption capacity and purchasing power.
“Every year I have always agreed that you have to raise people’s purchasing power a little. They must be raised at least twice the inflation rate for people to improve their quality; we businessmen have a great opportunity to create jobs, “said Mario Hernández, on Blu Radio, this Thursday.
In addition, he launched a proposal for the minimum increase to be 3%.
This video explains how the minimum wage is defined in Colombia:
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