Buenos Aires, Feb 16 (NA) – Labor lawyer Julián De Diego criticized changes included in the labor reform project that introduce reductions in the payment of medical leave.
"It's a mistake by someone who tried to be too clever and shows they are ignorant of the issue," he sentenced in statements to Radio Rivadavia.
"It was incorporated the night before the vote. For there to be remuneration, there must be consideration, and when a person is absent, there is none," he suggested, and clarified that it is necessary for non-remunerable payments made at 100% to be withheld by social security.
According to De Diego, the inclusion of Article 44 was "a mistake by someone who tried to be too clever and shows they are ignorant of the issue," and he described the decision as "highly vulnerable."
"I don't think it's enough to say that collective agreements can agree to 100%."
"Since there is no consideration from the worker who is sick or has had an accident, what corresponds is to pay them 100% of the net pay as non-remunerable. So it was one of these phantoms that sometimes appear in votes," he said in an interview with journalist Nélson Castro, as reported by the Argentine News Agency.
In the same vein, he added: "The reformulation is important. They are going to opt for a solution because it would represent a very significant burden for the President to veto it, and a formula will be sought."
