EsSalud CAS workers will join the 728 regime

With 111 votes in favor, the Plenary of the Congress of the Republic approved this Friday at the insistence of the law that incorporates the labor regime of DL 728, Labor Productivity and Competitiveness Lawto the workers of the Social Security of Health of Peru (EsSalud), immersed in the CAS regime with an indeterminate term contract.

As recalled, this device in favor of medical workers had received the approval of parliamentarians during the session on December 21, 2022. A week later, it was sent to the Executive for its promulgation, but on January 19 it was observed.

“Justice is done”

the congressman Jose Luna Galvezhead of the Budget and General Account Commission of the Republic, said that the initiative seeks to do “justice” with the doctors of the CAS regime who do not have the benefits of other workers, despite having contributed to the emergency against Covid-19. 19.

“The hiring of personnel in charge of providing benefits is within the purpose of the Essalud funds, and therefore is not affected by the intangibility of said funds; In the Essalud budget, as of August 2022, 37% was allocated to personnel expenses, approximately 3,990 million soles. Therefore, this observation is not valid”, signed the legislator of we can peru.

Luna questioned that the CAS currently provide the same services to the insured, but that three regimes coexist within Essalud “that only generate inequality in terms of remuneration, rights and benefits.”

Risks according to the Executive

One of the main questions about the standard is that incorporating CAS workers into the regime 728 It would generate an evident increase in public spending that would not be financed by the State. The Executive had also observed that the admission of CAS workers to the private activity regime, directly and without competition, violates the principles of merit and equality in access to public functions.