This Sunday, March 5, The plenary session of the State Electoral Council (CNE) approved the operational plan, calendar and invitation for the elections of the main and alternate members of the Board of Directors. of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS), based on the norms provided by the Constitution, the Social Security Law and the regulations established for this process.
As stated in the invitation, a pair of insured members will be chosen, in which a representative of active branches and one of the retirees will participate; whether as principal or substitute and regardless of whether it is unionized or not. A pair of employers will be selected, which will include the participation of representatives of employers and non-unionized employers from different organizations and from different provinces.
Elections – at the national level – will be held on November 21, 2023, to elect the main members and replacements of the insured to the IESS Board of Directors, while iOn November 22, the elections of main members and deputy employers will be held.
The invitation and schedule of applications for candidates for the IESS Governing Council will be published in the Official Gazette, on the CNE institutional website (www.cne.gob.ec), as well as on the IESS portal.
In December of last year, the HNZ already created the rulebook for the aforementioned elections, which determined who would conduct the elections. So, for the insured at least ten sectors will participate in the process. Before the reform, Article 28 of the Social Security Act referred only to legally recognized trade union headquarters, the National Confederation of Public Servants, the National Union of Educators, the National Confederation of Pensioners and legally established organizations of affiliated societies. Security, trade union headquarters, UNE, Rural Social Insurance. According to the new regulation, these are:
Instead, for employers, if before they chose through production cameras, now they will do it with representatives:
He The management board of IESS was, several years with members in expanded functions (Luis Clavijo for workers and César Rodríguez for employers). Then there was an initiative by President Guillermo Lasso to remove these people from their posts and to appoint new representatives from the ranks of workers and employers. In the first case, they could not agree, and in the second, a Maria de los Angeles Rodriguez. Finally, now, for the workers, Richard Gómez is on duty.
Source: Eluniverso
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