MEXICO CITY, July 16 (EL UNIVERSAL). – Mexican Food Security (Segalmex) confirmed this Sunday that it seeks to contract life insurance for its workers, as EL UNIVERSAL revealed yesterday.
In an information sheet, the federal agency, which is in the middle of a scandal over a fraud of 9.5 billion pesos, justified this tender by pointing out that no life insurance had been contracted for its public servants, a situation that, he assured , was observed by the Internal Control Body (OIC).
Segalmex indicated that with the eventual contracting of this life insurance, the agency will be harmonized with Liconsa and Diconsa, since these two companies “do have life insurance for public servants.”
Segalmex affirmed that the tender is made in accordance with the Manual of Perceptions of Public Servants of the Dependencies and Entities of the Federal Public Administration, issued by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) and published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF). ) on May 31, 2023.
“There is no contracting other than what is established in the Manual of Perceptions of Public Servants of the Dependencies and Entities of the Federal Public Administration,” he says.
Segalmex explained that the structural personnel attached to the federal agency were considered “insurable”, these being 128 public servants of various hierarchical levels, and employees hired under the fee scheme were not considered.
He indicated that the Human Resources area refers to a death due to illness that occurred in 2020, which was not covered because “there was no life insurance for Segalmex personnel, to the detriment of the rights of the worker and his family.”
He noted that the bidding process is at the clarification meeting stage, which is scheduled for July 18. The opening of proposals is scheduled for July 26, and the corresponding ruling is expected to be issued on July 31.
This Saturday, EL UNIVERSAL revealed that Segalmex is preparing the contracting of life insurance for all its employees despite the fact that the Federal Republican Austerity Law, published by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, expressly prohibits it.
In the tender LA-08-JBP-008JBP999-N-30-2023 published on July 5, it is detailed that this insurance will cover the death of public servants of this agency whatever its cause, including suicide.
It is indicated that the amount of the insured sum will be 40 times the gross monthly salary and that the insurance will be for all public servants “including middle and senior managers who work at Segalmex.”
Article 22 of the Federal Republican Austerity Law published in November 2019 states that it is prohibited to contract with public resources any type of retirement, pension and special retirement regimes, individualized or collective separation, as well as private medical insurance, insurance of life or pensions”.
“Article 22. It is prohibited to contract with public resources any type of retirement, pensions and special retirement regimes, individualized or collective separation, as well as private medical expenses insurance, life insurance or pensions that are granted in contravention of the provisions in a decree or some general provision, General Conditions of Work or collective labor contracts”.
2023-07-17 09:43:24
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