2023-09-13 04:22:00
The Minister of Labor, Raquel “Kelly” Olmossupported this Tuesday the Reduction of the working daythrough a gradual decrease, and announced that it will promote the regulation of service platforms, despite the fact that there are three months left in the government.
“It is a proposal that at the time we from the Ministry supported, because we think that the Argentina has been left far behind in this sense by establishing, since the 1930s, a 48-hour weekly work day.“said the minister in an interview with Radio 10.
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Deputies from union extraction Hugo Yasky and Sergio Palazzo have already announced their intention to present a bill for the reduction of working hours.
“We think that, with a proposal that is staggeredshould be reduced and tend to converge with what is today valid in the rest of the countries“, he pointed.
Raquel “Kelly” Olmos considered that the reduction in the working day should be brought to “around 40 hours”
Likewise, he considered that the reduction of the working day should be carried out to “around 40 hours“and noted that”some propose 36, which is the experience in the most developed countries“.
“It seems to me that if we progressively go from 48 to 44, and from 44 to 40 hours, at least we will advance in something where it is one of the few areas of the world of work where Argentina has a significant setback“said the official in radio statements to Radio 10.
Kelly Olmos also complained regarding the working conditions of workers in home delivery service applications
Olmos also indicated that the presentation of a bill that contemplates the Labor conditions of those who perform functions in the home delivery service applications.
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“In this universe of platform workers, there are some who want to have a dependency relationship and others who are independent and want to stay that way,” explained the minister.
Along these lines, he added that because of those opinions “they are going to be given the freedom of decisionbut they also leave offer the opportunity to expand labor rightsas is the case of security for their tasks.
“You can be independent, but with adequate protection to work on the street,” said the minister.
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