This week the first legal deadline established for the Government, employers and workers’ unions to reach an agreement on the increase was reached. which will regulate Colombia’s minimum wage during the year 2025.
The negotiations, which began on December 3, They look stagnant and without consensus a starting point can be defined in the increased percentage. Especially since the labor unions stood firm in their demand for a double-digit increase.
This has been said in recent weeks by Fabio Arias, president of the Central Union of Workers (CUT), who confirmed that the proposal remained in 12% increase, not much room for agreement.
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The National Unitary Command, which is made up of the trade union centres, supports this value CUT, CGT and CTC and the CDP and CPC Pensioners’ Confederations.
If agreements are not reached this Thursday, The parties will have to hold extraordinary negotiation sessions, those according to the minimum wage calendar are Tuesday 24th, Wednesday 25th, Thursday 26th and Friday 27th December.
If not achieved, The National Government must unilaterally establish the increase in the minimum wage by decree, which cannot be extended beyond December 30.
What do business people say?
Workers who earn more than the minimum wage are uncertain whether or not they will get an increase after next year’s minimum wage is defined. Photo:Canvas
For nowbusinessmen have not sent an official proposal to public opinion. Jaime Alberto Cabal, president of Fenalco, explained that the decision was made not to establish a figure so as not to prolong the possibility of reaching an agreement.
Despite this, andA representative of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Acopi), in Colombia, has given information on the percentage of ‘floors’. who asked for a 5.2% increase.
The projection of the national government, the Bank of the Republic and other public entities such as Anif and Fedesarrollo a 6 percent increase is established, for now, because they are told that the increase should not be more than a single digit.
This was argued by the president of Anif, José Ignacio López, who said that the starting point is close to 6.3 percent.
How much will the fortnightly minimum wage be in 2025?
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If the increase is 12%, as the unions have requested, The increase in the minimum would be equal to 156,000 pesos.
If this proposal comes to fruition, it would go to the current minimum wage of 1.3 million pesos 1,456,000 pesos, not including transportation assistance, which this year is 162,000 pesos.
The then two weeks would be worth 728,000 pesos, not counting overtime, night and Sunday surcharges and subsidies received according to contract.
On the other hand, if the increase in the basic salary remains with the basic figure proposed by Acopia (5.2%), the increase would be in question. $67,500 and this would remain in a total of $1,367,500, with two weeks of 683,750 pesos.
Finally, in the case of a a hypothetical 6% increase in the minimum wage, This would go from equal to 1,300,000 in 2024 with an increaseapproximately 1,378,000 Colombian pesos, that is, an increase of 78,000 pesos per month.
with the fortnightthe worker would receive 689,000 pesos, of the 650,000 he receives this year, excluding overtime and night hours.
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