The head of the 'La Libertad Avanza' senators' bloc, Patricia Bullrich, acknowledged that it was 'a mistake' not to distinguish between serious and mild illnesses in the labor reform project, where sickness and accident benefits were reduced, and reiterated that this article will be modified during the discussion in the Chamber of Deputies. Bullrich stated that they 'made a mistake because the original law does not distinguish between diseases' by not making a division when providing that in case of illness or accident unrelated to work, between 50% and 75% of the salary each worker earns would be paid. The modification of this article will force the project to return to the Senate again, since the dialogist blocs did not accept that it could be done through a complementary law or regulation as the ruling party had hoped, parliamentary sources told the Argentine News Agency. In statements to TN, Bullrich said that 'the error was not having clarified severe, degenerative, or incurable diseases. We lacked that and we are going to fix it.' She pointed out that 'that can happen when you have more than 200 articles' and added that the problem arose because the current law 'does not distinguish between a sprain and cancer.' Article 44 establishes that 50% of the salary will be paid in the case of leave for illnesses or accidents outside the work environment and 75% when it comes to people with dependents.
