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This Tuesday there was a controversy on account of decree 1174 in which the Social Protection Floor was created, which warns that people who receive monthly income less than a current legal monthly minimum wage (SMLMV) will have this social protection mechanism that brings the possibility of coverage in health, occupational risks and protection in old age.
However, some sectors such as the union of the General Labor Confederation, stated that with this the door opens to allow hourly hiring.
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Faced with this, the president indicated that With this, “working conditions are not deteriorating” and he added that this “is not a labor reform.”
Duque said that this decree was created with the National Development Plan, and seeks that people who “earn less than a minimum wage” and people who are not formalized “can begin to guide a path of protection coverage for old age.” .
“What is being sought with this decree is that we have protection and coverage tools for people who have to start a path of protection for old age”, said the head of state.
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The Government indicated that this tool is necessary because these people who cannot access the general pension system (cannot contribute), will now have an option to save and have money for old age.
What is being sought with this decree is that we have protection and coverage tools for people who have to start a route of protection for old age
Faced with this, the Minister of Labor, Ángel Custodio Cabrera, answered questions from Colombians and clarified that because 1 out of 4 older adults in the country has access to a pension and “that situation must be corrected,” that started with the Social Protection Floor.
As for the selective isolation that began this Tuesday, and which was decreed by President Iván Duque, in which there are specific restrictions and individual responsibility prevails, the president gave a balance in terms of flights.
“The reactivation of transport is a fact and the figures show it,” he emphasized.
This Tuesday about 102 flights were carried out in which about 7,700 passengers were mobilized. According to the Government, the most used routes were: Bogotá – Rionegro – Bogotá; Bogotá – Barranquilla- Bogotá and Bogotá – Cali- Bogotá.
Additionally, this week began the fourth turn of families and youth in Action, warned Susana Correa, director of the Department of Social Prosperity.
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Correa announced the ‘Tiendas para la gente’ program, which seeks to strengthen neighborhood stores and small businesses. “We are going to reach 1,000 shopkeepers and what we want is to strengthen them”, asserted
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