The Ministry of Labor has already specified the direct aid it offers to companies so that the CEOE is open to reducing working hours. Its amount will reach 6,000 euros and those companies with fewer than five employees sectors such as commerce or hospitality; In addition, they must be allocated to improving productivity.
This is what he announced Joaquin Pérez ReySecretary of State for Labor, following the meeting he held this Tuesday with unions and employers. The meaning of this aid is to “stimulate more efficient production mechanisms or formulas”, which include digitalization or the search for “new commercial channels”, as well as updating time records.
In addition to the condition on the number of workers, direct aid will be allocated to companies in certain sectors in which, according to Labor, the productivity gap is more pronounced. These sectors are commerce, hospitality, hairdressers, cleaning and agriculture. The aid plan will include 350 million euros and could benefit nearly half a million businesses, according to Pérez Rey.
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“Today was the thirteenth meeting of the social dialogue table (…). Thirteen meetings later, The government makes its latest proposal“warned the number two by Yolanda Diaz.
In this sense, Pérez Rey announced that he hopes to have a response from the social agents at the meeting next Monday, November 11.. For the Secretary of State for Labor, this is enough time for unions and employers to consult this latest proposal in their internal bodies.
In addition, he assured that if, after this meeting, the employers did not conclude the agreement, the government would only negotiate it with the unions “and the geometry of the table would change.” “It is likely that the elements that were introduced so that employers could conclude the agreement will be left aside”Pérez Rey warned, in direct reference to the new aid, as well as bonuses for hiring new workers.
“In this negotiation process, there was clear invitations to employers to speak out. Thirteen meetings and ten months later, and the Government having completely finalized its proposal, the table can no longer be enlarged. So, on the 11th, the Government wants a yes or no,” declared the Secretary of State.
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