:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/SWSUV774U5BKVDQJJGRLLDLWN4.jpg "The government has extended enrollment in the registered program until December 1")
The national government has extended until the end of the year the program under which the state covers 50% of the registered domestic employment.
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through the Decree 89/2023published this Friday in the Official Bulletinthe executive power has established that Registration for the registered program “will remain open until December 31, 2023”.
This is an initiative launched in October 2021 with the aim of reducing informality in the home-based worker sector, ensuring permanence in registered employment and promoting banking access. The plan was to transfer for six months between 30% and 50% of the salary – depending on the income level of the employer – to a free salary account in the name of the employee at the Banco Nación.
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It is an initiative that was created in the middle of last year amid the global energy crisis that erupted after Russia invaded Ukraine and caused international prices to escalate.
With the decision made official this morning, the benefit becomes an amount equal to 50% -in any case- of the minimum net monthly remuneration of the worker or of the corresponding homestay worker by agreement, according to the hours and categories declared by his employer at the time of registration in the Program.
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“The maximum monthly amount of the allowance may not exceed 50% of the net monthly remuneration indicated for the category “Staff for general duties”, as established in the Resolution of the NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WORK IN THE PRIVATE DOMICILE in force at the time payment.”, it became clear.
Indeed, the contribution of the national State is extended, which will pay 50% of the wages of new hires for six months for all families of employers whose income is below the non-taxable minimum. The allowance will be extended to 8 months for workers from priority populations: transvestite, transsexual and transgender workers, disabled workers, workers with disabled children and workers holding the support program of the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity who are receiving or have received the economic contribution. “These changes promote access to declared employment for populations who have historically had a low rate of activity and employment and encounter barriers to entering the labor market”, reports the Executive Branch.
In the event that the employer does not meet the established requirements, “they must fully reimburse the amount in pesos that has been granted under the aforementioned program,” the government warned.
The decision to extend the registration period and extend the benefit was announced this Thursday in an act led by the President Alberto Fernandez and the ministers Ayelen Mazzina (Women, Gender and Diversity) and Kelly Olmo (Labour, Employment and Social Security).
In this regard, the two ministries “may provide for the extension of the duration of the benefit of the registered program” for priority populations and/or holders of professional integration programs when they deem it appropriate.
In the decree that bears the signatures of the president, ministers Mazzina and Olmos, and the chief of staff, Agustín Rossi, the government justified the decision by stating that “it is necessary to strengthen the tools that contain the crisis situation of the sector of people who work in private homes and tend to the banking of workers and workers in the said labor sector”.
“The purpose of the registered program is to strengthen the creation of formal employment for workers in private homes, which is why it is considered relevant to provide an additional incentive for the hiring of those populations who experience a situation of greater vulnerability. in the face of current labor market demands, extending the duration of the benefit,” he added.
The private house sector was the most affected category of employment during the COVID-19 crisis with a contraction of 20.9% in 2020 (ECLAC and ILO, 2022), the government indicated. Through a press release, it was clarified that in Argentina, “in the second quarter of 2020, more than 400,000 women and LGBTI + lost their jobs and it is estimated that in the first quarter of 2022, 177,000 workers had not found their jobs. job”.
“At the same time, 75% of workers in this sector are informal employees, for whom it is essential to be able to reinforce and deepen the changes that this public policy brings. Since its launch in September 2021, 22,046 workers have benefited from the registered program. About 8 out of 10 workers maintain the formal employment relationship after the benefit ends,” the executive branch said.
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