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Argentina’s Chamber of Deputies Passes Controversial Labour Reform Bill
The bill reduces severance, limits collective bargaining, extends work hours, and introduces a time bank; 40% of workers are informal, says Argentina Institute of Fiscal Analysis.
- On Friday, Argentina's Chamber of Deputies narrowly approved a controversial labour reform after a marathon 12-hour session, a victory for President Javier Milei and La Libertad Avanza.
- The legislation lays out changes to employer-worker relations by easing hiring and firing, limiting severance and collective bargaining, and offering tax incentives and registration for informal workers.
- The bill allows employers to extend workdays from 8 to 12 hours, creates a time bank replacing paid overtime, and reduces uninterrupted holiday time, while opponents including Roxana Monzon warn it increases job insecurity for workers who rely on overtime.
- During Thursday's debate, thousands of protesters outside Congress in Buenos Aires supported a nationwide strike that shut airports, factories and banks while security forces used water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets.
- The Senate is due to review modifications and the law could take effect before the end of the month amid CEPA reporting about 280,000 workers lost jobs and over 20,000 businesses closed.
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In protests in Argentina against the labour market reform of President Javier Milei there have been clashes between demonstrators and the police. The Chamber of Deputies voted in favour with changes.
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The proposal, rejected by the Argentine union, will now return to the High House of Congress, the Senate, for final approval, a stage that the Argentine Government is expecting to complete until March.
The House of Deputies approved the government's labor reform bill in the early morning of Friday and turned the initiative to the Senate for final sanction. The ruling party obtained approval by 135 positive votes against 115 negatives. The approval came after a heated session, marked by several crosses. The opposition sought to bring the session down and the ruling party counterattacked by voting the interruption of the list of speakers and set…
The bill was passed with 135 votes in favour and 115 against. Now it goes back to the Senate.How they voted La Libertad Avanza, the PRO, Peronism and the provincial blocs. Who were absent.
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