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Senator David Barguil and House representative Jhon Jairo Roldan reported that, following an agreement on the project to expand the payroll subsidy (with the endorsement of the Ministry of Finance), It was established that companies will receive an additional 10% for each woman who is reinstated or her job is kept.
“The employment figures don’t lie. Women are the hardest hit by the unemployment crisis. With this surcharge, there are 380,000 million additional to the 5 trillion pesos that were allocated to Paef, so that the workers do not have a subsidy of 40%, but of 50% “, indicated Senator Barguil.
According to the congressmen, this is done in order to provide special help to women, who are the ones who have been most affected by the unemployment figures in the midst of the economic situation facing the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Finance, according to its calculations, will allocate a sum of 381,000 billion pesos to guarantee the subsidy of the additional (10%) to women, which will be added from now on to 40% of the minimum wage for each worker of micro, small and medium-sized companies affected by the economic blow of the pandemic.
In total, according to the conciliation agreement that was discussed by a proposal by Senators Sandra Ortíz and Angélica Lozano, each woman will receive a subsidy of 50% of the minimum wage.
“This is great news for women workers in Colombia. With the support of the Ministry of Finance, we carried it out, a very important support for Colombian workers. It is a very important achievement, ”said representative Roldán, who added that this benefit also includes the December premium.
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