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The undersecretary of Labor and Social Security Mario Arizti presented at the virtual event The new normality in the workplace organized by CADE with Mr. Fernando Pereira president of the PIT-CNT and Mr. Julio Cesr Lestido president of the National Chamber of Commerce and Services.The Undersecretary of Labor and Social Security Mario Arizti referred to the Collective Bargaining in the current health emergency situation by COVID-19. Collective Bargaining is essential and cannot be limited to the Salary Councils. It must be permanent and more so with the changes that are coming in the future she pointed out. We have a Collective Bargaining Law observed by the International Labor Organization ILO and we cannot look to the side he said. In this regard he added that it will seek to direct a process of understanding with the social actors that allows reaching a Law with the greatest social and political consensus.As for the Private Sector Salary Councils he recalled that after the first meeting and having listened to the aspirations of the social actors guidelines were prepared by the Executive Branch whose return will be received today.Taking into account the concerns of the social actors and the exceptional situation that we are experiencing due to the pandemic the idea is to try to find an agreement that is endorsed by the different mother groups to make a bridge adjustment and start negotiations in June or July of the year next he said.It will be somewhat atypical but the idea in these Salary Councils is that the issue of employment should prevail which is the greatest concern added the hierarch.We are not going to tire of promoting collaborative labor relations. The pandemic taught us how we could formalize through the Collective Bargaining a number of protocols and that is done with the social actors he said.On the other hand Arizti indicated the Governments interest in regulating the issue of the legal status of trade unions when addressing the observations of the ILO. It is not a bad thing to have legal status on the contrary it means that they are subject to the law it means that the union is a different person compared to the law that its members can contract obligations and rights. It should not be a problem. The Constitution itself establishes that an easy legal status can be achieved. And he added It is an issue like many others on which we would like to achieve consensus with social actors.Regarding the Social Security reform he maintained that it is an important milestone that we must work in this period of government with the greatest possible professionalism.We must seek to protect rights and that they are not violated by the reform based on three indicators coverage sufficiency and long-term sustainability which is the weak leg of this issue he explained.Finally he pointed out that the future of work automation and self-employment are factors that must be addressed and that directly affect any Social Security system.
