Labor Reform: MinTrabajo reveals key points – Sectors – Economy

The Government hopes to file the labor reform before Congress on March 16, one of the main initiatives of President Gustavo Petro.

in accordance with the Minister of Labor, Gloria Inés RamírezSaid reform is based on the following principles: equal opportunities for workers, minimum and vital remuneration, employment stability, the principle of favorability and progressivity.

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In an interview with Semana magazine, Ramírez explained some of the main points of the project that is being developed. These are some of the most relevant aspects:

Indefinite-term and service provision contracts

The minister explained that labor stability of workers is soughtboth in the public and private sectors.

“We intend to reduce fixed-term contracts to their minimum. Those work orders for six, eight or nine months are going to decrease. (…) We put an end to what exists today and that is that every four months they make you a contract and you have to go and re-affiliate yourself with social security”, he stated.

Regarding contracts for the provision of services, Ramírez stated that this type of contract would only apply to “exceptional and specialized tasks.”

“For example, in a construction site I cannot request that the contract be indefinite when a project has a term of three months. What I can do is that the builder, when the work is finished, guarantee the payment of the social security of Workers.

workday

One of the most debated points by employers is about working hours and night and Sunday surcharges. That is why the minister told Semana that “the reform is designed to respect the limits of the maximum daily working hours and respond to international standards.”

And he added that it is being proposed that the night shift start again at six in the afternoon and that Sundays and holidays “return to one hundred percent remuneration and not 75 percent, as it is today.”

On the other hand, Ramírez spoke about the compensation, and said that he is considering “increasing the fines or putting barriers to dismissal without just cause. That point has a great debate in the commission.”

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digital platforms

The minister said that she is considering a regulation of digital platformsboth transport and other items.

“We have been working with them. We have said that they have the right to social security. In addition, to union association. In the process of the table that we have with the platforms, we have advanced,” he assured.

However, he affirmed that the problem is in “the presumption of employment”, and explained: “You already change employer, you do not have a person who tells you ‘do this or that’. You have an algorithm, in the case of Rappi or Uber, which sends you to do a race or a home. The algorithm keeps track of time. In a way, that algorithm is the one that gives subordination”.

There was also talk about webcam model platforms. He said that there will be a special chapter that covers all modalities, and that includes both “the protagonists of pornography content” and the people who “produce it.”

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Rurality and wage equality

Ramírez added that work is also being done on the social security of rural agricultural workers.

“We are discussing what is called full-time work with rights. This means that there is a presumption of stability and a need to guarantee partial social security. In addition, there is preparation for workers to face automation processes,” he said.

On the other hand, there was talk about equal pay between men and women. He affirmed that “in Colombia, the gender wage gap reaches 26 percent,” so in order to reduce this percentage, “updating the criteria or guides to determine when there is a gender wage gap is being considered. Even the ILO has recommended accentuating the regulation that makes it possible to correct this type of situation”.

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