Overview
- A draft sent into congressional debate caps severance for dismissals without cause at a maximum of 10 monthly salaries and lets SMEs pay indemnities in up to 12 installments.
- The proposal excludes the annual bonus and other semiannual or annual payments from the indemnity calculation and revives non‑remunerative meal vouchers outside social‑security contributions.
- Workplace rules would add a bank‑of‑hours system with daily rest of 12 hours and weekly limits, while allowing vacations to be split into blocks of at least one week and taken through April.
- Collective bargaining would prioritize company‑level agreements over sectoral pacts, and payroll deductions for union funding would require each worker’s express consent.
- The CGT formally rejected the plan and readied legislative, judicial and potential strike actions, as Minister Federico Sturzenegger argued the changes are needed to tackle a decade without formal job growth.