Debate on Labor reforms is resumed in the National Assembly

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The National Assembly Plenary will resume since today the first debate of the Labor Justice and Recognition of Housework bill, which was suspended on December.

The proposal consists of 44 items, of which 41 are amendments to the Labour Code and 3 to the Social Security Act.

 It is proposed the elimination of fixed-term contracts, to reduce the wage gaps, for which it is proposed that the worker with the lowest incomes in a company does not receive less than one twentieth part of what the worker on the highest-salary scale earns.

Among the changes to the proposal of the Executive introduced in the report of the Committee on Rights of Workers is the clarification that there will be no penalty for housewives who receive the BDH and stop paying the Social Security.

Furthermore, it is expected to include a top of 24 basic salaries for the profits of workers, in case of exceeding that amount, it is proposed that the rest passes to the State.