Rafael Abreu, the labor sector representative in the employers-labor and government committee that discusses changes to the Labor Code and minimum wages, says no labor gain will be touched. Abreu is president of the Confederación Nacional de Unidad Sindical (CNUS). Reported in Diario Libre, Abreu highlighted four points that are not negotiable in the Labor Code discussions. These are the reduction in the severance payment for new employees, flexibility in working hours and days, flexibility in first job working hours, and maternity rights.
Abreu says he will take 15 days to study a proposal presented by employers with the backing of the Ministry of Labor. The proposal calls for flexible work hours and days. It mentions capping severance payments to three years and to a sum equal to minimum wage for five years. Employees who have accrued severance payments will maintain these. The employers have also proposed the possibility of working four days a week without exceeding 12 hours per day or 60 hours per week.
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Diario Libre
Diario Libre
28 February 2019