This past Monday, December 16, another consultation meeting was held by the tripartite board between the Government, employers and groups of workers, with the aim of deciding what the minimum wage increase will be for 2025.
However, they were unable to reach an agreement. The Minister of Labour, Gloria Inés Ramírez, He indicated that if they do not reach an agreement next Wednesday, they will have to define the increase by decree. “Today there is no agreement, and there is a big difference.”
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What follows is that the parties (businessmen and workers) will file their written reservations this Tuesday, December 17th and, on Wednesday the 18th, they will be discussed.
The unions proposed a An increase of 12%.. As they indicated, their prediction is that the minimum wage will increase $156,000 so that it stays in $1,456,000 next year, not counting the transport subsidy, which is currently worth 162,000.
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This proposal was presented by the National Unionist Command, which is made up of trade union centers such as the CUT, CGT and CTC and the Confederation of Pensioners CDP and CPC.
Although there is always some good between the proposals, the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises in Colombia (Acopi) presented another proposal in which it states that the minimum wage For the next year it should rise by 5.2%.
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