Madrid proposes that the State bonus Social Security for workers instead of raising the minimum wage

2024-01-13 16:55:47

After the refusal of the CEOE to agree on the increase in the minimum wage proposed by the Government, the Minister of Economy, Finance and Employment of the Community of Madrid, Rocio Alberthas come out to support the employers and propose that the State subsidizes the cost of Social Security that workers pay, instead of raising the Interprofessional Minimum Wage (SMI).

In statements to the media this Saturday reported by Europa Press, Albert has considered the pact between the Government and unions to raise the SMI by 5% in 2024 to 1,134 euros per month, to which employers have not joined, “a serious problem.” CEOE and Cepyme. “If you set a salary productivity margin and you make the costs of companies higher, in the end the only thing you are doing is for those companies to close”, said the counselor, who has opined that there are “proposals alternatives“.

Among other options, Albert has raised the possibility of the State subsidizing the cost of Social Security which workers have to face on their payrolls, so that the increase “would be the same as 5%, but “the workers would not have to bear it. companies and therefore they could continue to function.”

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The Ministry of Labor has agreed this Friday with CCOO and UGT to raise the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI) by 2024 by 5%, from 1,080 euros per month for 14 payments to 1.134 euros. This agreement, of which finally The employers’ associations CEOE and Cepyme have not participatedrepresents an increase of 54 euros more in each of the 14 payments that will be applied retroactively from January 1, 2024.

The new SMI will apply Retroactive when its processing is completed, which will begin with the publication in the process of hearing and public information and, subsequently, the royal decree will be approved by the Council of Ministers. The Government estimates that this increase in the SMI will benefit more than 2.5 million people, of which a third will be women and young people.