The Minister of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Jennifer Contreras, ruled out this Monday, December 4, that labor rights of workers in the agricultural sector will be cut. This statement came after, in Ica, in the area known as Chinatown, hundreds of people demonstrated this concern.
“I want to emphatically clarify that, in this Government, from the Executive Branch, “We are not intending to promote any law that curtails the labor rights of workers in the agricultural sector,” he expressed in the press conference after the Council of Ministers.
In addition, the head of the sector specified that the so-called special bonus for agricultural work called Bono Beta (agrarian bonus), intended for workers in agro-export and agro-industrial activity, which was approved by Law No. 27360, will not be violated “by the Executive in no way nor is there any attempt or seeking to reduce its benefits.”
However, the minister pointed out that the Government has been promoting other measures, such as reducing contributions to EsSalud to 6%, which does not reduce any income of workers. “These are measures that are assumed by the State so that agro-export companies can continue hiring their workers”said.
It is worth remembering that, after the 2024 public budget was approved in the Plenary Session of Congress, a ruling was also given the green light to lower the contribution to EsSalud to 6% until 2028 in the agricultural sector. Economists consulted by The Republic They said that the measure is harmful because it generates incentives for large agro-export companies at the expense of workers and taxpayers.
Source: Larepublica
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