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And it is that, according to the presenter, while Alberto Carrasquilla, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, it seems good that the minimum wage of 2021 only rises 2%, that of Labor, Ángel Custodio Cabrera, would like a higher percentage.
“We learned from a very good source that this declaration of [Carrasquilla] it fell like a bucket of cold water on the Ministry of Labor. They assure us that the head of that portfolio believes that 2% is a very low percentage and points to a much higher increase “, was what Laura Acuña expressed in RCN, but did not detail the increase that Cabrera would be asking for.
How much did employers ask to increase the minimum wage?
At the beginning they bet on 2%, but in the middle of the negotiations rose to 2.7%, for the minimum wage, and at 5.49% for transportation assistance, reported the Ministry of Labor in a statement.
The union’s proposal, led by Andi, did not go down well among the representatives of the employers who want a higher increase, because with the offer of the employers the salary would barely rise a little more than $ 23,000.
How much did the unions ask to increase the minimum wage?
In the same communication, the Ministry of Labor indicated that the union centrals stood by their request for a minimum wage of one million pesos, plus a transportation aid of $ 120,000 ”.
The portfolio also published that this part of the negotiating table insisted on that “the National Government assumes the payroll of the micro, small and medium enterprises; in a basic income for lower-income Colombians and in the formalization of contractors in the state sector ”. For this reason, Cabrera replied that in his ministry they have already been supporting some of these issues with laws and programs such as Solidarity Income, which he assumes is the same as basic income, and which, he said, will remain until June 2021 .
Due to the lack of agreement in the negotiation, it will be the National Government that decrees what the minimum wage will be in 2021. However, in La W they assured that Minister Cabrera does not rule out that before the end of 2020, in the words of the station: “There are new meetings between the parties to continue seeking an agreement.”
Here is a video of Pulzo explaining who defines the increase in the minimum wage in Colombia, how they do it and why on many occasions it ends up decreeing:
How much did the 2020 minimum wage go up?
In 2020, the minimum wage had an increase of 6%, but by 2021 it would not reach that percentage, mainly due to the blow that the economy suffered from the pandemic.
$ 877,803 was the minimum wage this year, while the transportation assistance was $ 102,854.
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