One of the criticisms received to the project of labor reforms of the Gustavo Petro government is the possible impact it could have on employment.
Economic unions like phenalco They have warned that measures such as moving night work forward to 7 at night would increase labor costs and, in particular, small and medium-sized companies, which represent the majority of the business fabric, would be affected.
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Even a study by the Labor Market Analysis Group of the Bank of the Republic He calculated that in an average scenario some 450,000 jobs could be lost between 3 and 4 years.
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“It is difficult to say definitive numbers, but the truth is that the studies showed that the impacts can be important and that, therefore, they must have been taken into account in decision-making. It should not be ignored that formality can be reduced and have an impact on productivity”, said a few days ago the Manager of the Bank of the Republic, Leonardo Villar.
Minister Gloria Inés Ramírez participated in a public hearing on the labor reform in Congress.
Given these criticisms, the Minister of Labor, Gloria Inés RamírezHe sent a message to the political and economic sectors that have assured that the labor reform will generate unemployment.
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“What I have told the unions and the political gentlemen is not to cause chaos in the country, not to instill fear, to this reform is not scary. This is a rights reform. There is no need to be afraid because we maintain employment generation policies”, assured the minister.
President Gustavo Petro and the Minister of Labor, Gloria Inés Ramírez, at the filing of the labor reform.
In addition, the minister highlighted the unemployment reduction figures in Colombia and promised to meet the job creation goal contained in the National Development Plan.
“We are lowering the unemployment rate and with all the employment generation policies we want to provide the country with peace of mind and confidence and together we will continue pushing so that Colombia advances fear as it should be, not having, the cut in labor rights does not generate employment ”, pointed out the senior official.
