The Minister of Labor has confirmed when the labor reform will be presented to Congress

This Tuesday, March 7, during the forum “Achievements and challenges of workers in Colombia”, the minister of labor, Gloria Ramirez, has confirmed the date on which it will be presented to the Congress of the Republic the document of the new labor reform, which will have the modification of 77 articles and 3,000 proposals. The official pointed out that Colombia It is in a great moment in the history of work.

Thursday, March 16 will be the date on which Colombians and Congress will be able to fully understand the labor reform proposed by the Ministry of Labour, headed by the minister Gloria Ramirezwhich is one of the most awaited reforms of the national government and according to the president Gustavo Petro, “deals with the dignity of the worker and the worker”. Ito Minister Ramírez He pointed out that this was prepared thanks to the work with businessmen and trade unions.

“The challenge is that Congress of the Republic will deal with one labor reform that we have built with more than 3,000 proposals, tables with businessmen and union centers. On March 16, we will submit to Congress a bill which has one objective and which is job stability. May there come out of the uncertainty so many men and women who are worried because they do not know if they will be able to work or not”, was part of the message of the minister during the forum.

During the event, the manager pointed out that Colombia It is in a great moment in history to work, since it is expected that this document will be presented in a consensual way with unions and unions, supporting the project under the same dynamic as the salary increase is presented every year . Among the most significant changes to Labor Code there is the modification of the so-called “day shift” and “night shift” schedules, and of the service provision contracts so that they become indefinite.

“We are in a great moment in the history of our country, when the government of change arrives, we are committed to working for social, economic, environmental and gender justice”, he stressed. Ramirez.

There minister pointed out that in the document of the labor reform, which will be presented to Congressthere will be a time when additional compensation will be demanded for women who are mothers, since for infant care work is crucial, so mothers could have a year’s pension added for each child.

“There needs to be compensation for care work, we are working to include recognition for women so that for every child raised, at least a year for their pension,” said the minister.

The date on which the application will be submitted remodeling came to prominence after criticism from the National Federation of Traders (Fenalco) to the document, stating that the approval of the labor reform This would harm companies by making them bear an additional cost of up to 20%. Besides that 85% of the companies that respond to the “Gran Encuesta al Comercio”, work in the diurnal, nocturnal, domingos and festive schedules, for that the increment of the costs that are deberian to pay for personal contract nocturno, afectaría a the large majority.

From their social networks, phenalco said that if the labor reformbusinesses would choose to avoid hiring new employees, adjusting prices of goods and services, replacing labor, adjusting work schedules to reduce costs, dispensing with unpaid staff hired on an indefinite term, to reduce night shifts and to close points of sale