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The head of National Planning, Luis Alberto Rodríguez, assured this Friday that the document of the National Council of Economic and Fiscal Policy (Conpes) for the economic reactivation that transcended, It is a draft that has not been discussed or analyzed by the National Government, although it was prepared by technicians from the Planning department.
The reaction comes after the newspaper Portafolio revealed the draft of the Conpes document for reactivation, in which he outlines the roadmap for the country to recover after the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the document known by that newspaper, one of the objectives for the reactivation has to be the reduction of costs that companies have to generate employment. In that sense, propose that non-salary labor costs such as health contributions or parafiscals be eliminated, which are payments made by organizations to compensation funds and to finance the ICBF and the Sena.
In addition, they announce that a proposal will be presented from next year to update the current labor legislation, “Taking into account the dynamics of rural areas, new forms of employment, including teleworking, and vulnerable groups such as women and youth”, points out the document, and adds that a way will be sought to simplify and reduce the costs of the dismissal of workers.
“It is a draft of a Conpes that has not even passed for review or approval of the Presidency or the ministries”Said Luis Alberto Rodríguez, head of the Department of National Planning.
According to the official, “the Government does not have any proposal on labor adjustment ”. In addition, he added that this is a matter that will not be considered in the Conpes on reactivation. He explained that to review these issues is the Employment Mission and the Labor Agreement Commission. “The Conpes is not to propose that,” said Rodríguez.
What the Government pointed out is that for now no determination has been made in this regard and that the decision of President Iván Duque, although it is to work on economic reactivation, has at no time been thought of affecting workers.
The Planning Chief noted that the draft se uploaded to the page was for people to comment and that there will be 15 days to receive them, after which it will go to a preconpes and then to a Conpes.
“We do not have any proposal for parafiscals or labor adjustments,” insisted the official, who reiterated that any proposal on labor matters will be processed with the Employment Mission and the Labor Agreement commission.
“There are 252 pages that need a lot of revision,” said Rodríguez.
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