María del Carmen Alva withdraws projects that sought to modify labor regulations

After that, on the last September 29, Maria del Carmen Alva presented a package of five bills to modify or implement regulations on labor matters, the president of Congress decided to withdraw these legislative proposals, and clarified that she seeks to avoid “misinterpreting the nature of the initiatives.”

“I have asked to withdraw the bills that I presented on labor matters to promote a greater consensus with workers, employers and specialists in the matter, in order to have a high level of debate in favor of decent employment and an effective economic reactivation”, noted through his Twitter account.

The legislator also reiterated that in her proposal “there is no conflict of interest” and that “they promote fair employment.” However, some specialists agreed that the initiatives were detrimental to workers’ rights.

What do the projects presented by María del Carmen Alva say in labor matters?

The first controversial project of Maria Alva is he number 316, which opens the option for companies to agree with workers who have monthly salaries lower than the two UIT to change the form of payment of bonuses. Ana Roque Padilla, labor lawyer, specified for La República that, if the norm is approved, the personnel with a fixed-term contract will no longer receive the July and December bonuses, but that these payments would be divided into the monthly remuneration.

Meanwhile, the project 317 opens the individual termination option. Labor lawyer Valeria Osorio pointed out that with this proposal “the dismissal of personnel is being made more flexible” and without the right to compensation.

It is also proposed to make fixed-term contracts more flexible (PL 321). Roque considers the project risky, since Sunafil currently has guidelines for supervising these contracts, since they must be thorough when specifying the reason for the temporary nature of the employment relationship. This demand sought to be relaxed by Popular Action.