Today, the government will approve a new set of measures to respond to the consequences of DANA, during a Council of Ministers brought forward a day due to the presence of the head of executive tomorrow at the Climate Summit in Baku (Azerbaijan). A good part of them will seek to strengthen the work shield announced a week ago, and to add new aid intended to revive businesses and other projects through direct loans.
In terms of work, it is planned to define in more detail the paid leave – with full payment of salary – which will be granted to the workers concerned, and which was already announced a week ago. The second vice president, Yolanda Díaz, announced last Friday that these beneficiaries will not have to recover the hours or days among those who did not go to work.
The measure extends to all those who cannot go to their business due to lack of connectivity, search for missing loved ones, destruction of housing and work equipment or care of family members, among others . In addition, deadlines will be removed. “We have decided to set an indefinite date, because the causes are very different. We are therefore not going to set a deadline, except only in the case of bereavement leave, which we extend to five days from the day of the funeral. is the only delay that we will integrate. The rest of the permits, that is to say justified absences from work, will be carried out for an indefinite period,” he said in statements to. FTEalso leader of the Labor Party.
To these will be added new aid for reconstruction “which they will be able to repay in five or seven years”, as the press release specifies. Antenna 3the Minister of Economy, Carlos Body. Part of the new measures will aim to revive businesses destroyed by the floods. All have been developed by all ministries and their economic impact has been approved by the Treasury. They will also not be linked to budgets, like the initial 10.6 billion, since it is a royal decree.
La Moncloa deployed a work shield a week ago not subject to geographical limitations and a package of direct aid to households, the self-employed, workers and businesses that can be requested since last Wednesday. Protection mechanisms such as forced Ertes were also incorporated into labor reform approved by Congress in 2022. The effort now focuses on strengthening pathways to request support measures. Until last Thursday – and despite the deployment of telematic and physical media – Only 2,285 workers, out of 350,000 potential beneficiaries, took advantage of the protection mechanism.
Added to this is the emphasis that the government will place on social protection, by strengthening and rationalizing social protection mechanisms, in particular, on the residences and dependency centers concerned; and increase information points and access to help. All of them can be requested – from November 7 – from the government sub-delegation of Valencia, from the offices authorized by the Generalitat or through the electronic headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior.
On the other hand, the government will increase the state presence in the area, with an increase in public personnel dedicated to assisting those affected and coordinating infrastructure restoration works. The objective is to support the immediate response phase to respond to new needs – which, from the first days – began to manifest themselves.
Remember that since the start of the disaster, the Government has also opened an updated information window on the resources deployed in the affected areas. Added to this is the service of public denial of bulls and false information, which since the beginning has continued to circulate on social networks and through certain media.
