At the meeting this Friday they discussed the issues of contracts and agreements, but there is still no approximation in terms of timing
There were many expectations placed on the table of the meeting that the Government, businessmen and unions maintained this Friday to give a definitive push to the labor reform. But finally there were only specific advances and not exactly on the thorniest issues. For this reason, the agents of social dialogue have met for next Tuesday and try to speed up the final agreement. This Friday’s meeting ended “without notable news,” according to union sources.
This last meeting served to address matters such as contracts and subcontractors and the prevalence of collective agreements, two of the topics that are most worked on at the table. These two matters, together with the attractiveness, will continue to be discussed at the next meeting. On these points, a consensus between unions and employers seems more possible. Far from polemics and public statements, the negotiation is taking place in a “constructive” environment.
The Second Vice President and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, insisted this Friday that the “self-imposed” deadline will be met and committed to Brussels to have the “great labor market reform” published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) before 31 December of this year. In the press conference after the extraordinary Council of Ministers (the second this week), Díaz recalled that the work of the social dialogue table on labor reform has intensified, with three meetings this week (the third took place this Friday) and at least two, generally, per week.
“Unacceptable” measures
“We are completing the tasks and the Government is working to reach an agreement between all parties,” stressed the vice president, who also took the opportunity to thank the technical teams of the different parties for the hours they have been working on this reform. The proposal made by the CEOE this week has been incorporated as one more element of the negotiation, although from the outset the unions consider that some of the measures are “unaffordable.”
The treatment of temporary employment continues to be the main point of friction between unions and employers. The Executive has been lowering its claims in this matter (the known ceiling of 15% of temporary in all companies was reduced and even by sectors), but businessmen argue that a change in depth would seriously affect many companies whose activity is more temporary , such as those linked to tourism. All parties are for the yes, but we will have to wait a few more days to visualize that declaration of intentions.
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