The Minister of Economy, José Arista, clarified that his office does not plan to revive the defunct Law 27360, known as ‘Chlimper law’, but will seek to “rescue” some of its qualities to promote labor formality in the sector.
According to Sunat data confirmed by the MEF, more than 100,000 formal jobs have been lost in this sector, led by agro-exports, in the last 3 years. In the opinion of Minister Arista, this drop is due to excessive “rigidity” in contracts, which, for the most part, are temporary.
“There is something to correct. It is not that, literally and at face value, the ‘Chlimper law’ has to be taken up again. That’s impossible, I can’t. But there are some things there that we can rescue, it is a bit of formalizing the economy of the agricultural sector,” he indicated during the presentation of the new head of Sunat, Gerardo López.
Along these lines, the head of the MEF highlighted that there are more than 350,000 hectares of cultivation for the coming years thanks to the Chavimochic, Chinecas, Majes Siguas and Alto Piura projects, so they will redouble efforts so that companies that want to acquire these properties have a “predictable work framework”.
However, he acknowledged that the proposal for agricultural labor reform, in line with some characteristics of the ‘Chlimper law’, does not have exact information on the number of workers who left the payroll of the agro-export companies, and that it still must be socialized in all its levels.
“The idea is to go that way. That is the concern, that we are investing money in irrigating a lot of land that then has to be placed on the market,” the minister signed.
Source: Larepublica
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