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Article 44, the Stone that Delays Milei’s Labor Reform
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The Government of Javier Milei is promoting a labor reform that allows the working day to be extended to 12 hours per day, reduces layoffs, makes the payment of overtime optional and reduces the right to strike to symbolic action. The point that has generated more controversy, however, is none of the previous ones but the one that reduces the payment of wages to 50% for workers who are on leave due to accident or illness. Article 44 was introduc…
Javier Milei’s management eliminated controversial article 44 of the official project. The entry Labor Reform: What the article on medical licenses that the government will eliminate was first published in #BorderJournalism.
The government would have met to discuss the terms of labor reform once again. They will have to modify the controversial article on medical leave to get approval from the Lower House. If they change the initiative they will have to return to the Senate. Read more
Point 44 of the Labour Modernization Project will not be included in the opinion to be dealt with in committee. In this way, if it is approved, it will have to return to the Senate.
Buenos Aires-17 February 2026-Total News Agency-TNA- Article 44 of the labor reform approved by the Senate became the most explosive point in the debate in Deputies because it redefines, with a broad and discussed wording, how much a worker charges when he suffers an illness or an “inculpable” accident, that is, foreign to work. As it is written, the text replaces article 208 of the Employment Contract Act and opens the door for medical leave to…
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