The repeal of the labor reform is resumed in a “constructive climate” By EFE

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Madrid, Mar 17 (.) .- The Ministry of Labor, the CEOE and Cepyme employers, and the CCOO and UGT unions have resumed this Wednesday “in a constructive climate” the social dialogue table which will address, among other issues , the repeal of the most damaging aspects of the 2012 labor reform.

The table for the modernization of the labor market has resumed its meetings a year after they will be suspended as a result of the outbreak of the pandemic, in a meeting of around four hours of which the Ministry of Labor has only highlighted the good climate in which It has developed.

In statements sent to the media, the secretary for Union Policy of the UGT, Gonzalo Pino, has complained that business organizations “do not want to talk about labor reform” although they are willing to continue negotiating with the idea of ​​meeting again before meeting. the Holy Week.

However, other sources close to the negotiation assume to EFE that some aspects of said reform will be reversed, such as the limitation of ultra-activity or the prevalence of company agreements over sectorial ones.

For CCOO and UGT, the repeal of the 2012 labor reform is an unavoidable demand that cannot be postponed any longer and one of the demands that has led them to maintain union mobilizations on the 11th of each month under the slogan “Now If you touch”.

Sources close to the negotiations have explained to EFE that, within the negotiating calendar, Labor wants to urgently deal with subcontracting to comply with the recent ruling of the Supreme Court that rejects that the contracts of subcontractor workers are limited to the duration of the contract. provision of services for a specific customer.

For the Government, it is also a priority to address a reform of labor contracts, to comply with the plans transferred to Brussels within the framework of the recovery plan.

To these issues will be added the changes in the matter of ultra-activity, that is, the validity of expired collective agreements, which the 2012 labor reform limited to one year and which could be extended.

It is also expected to modify the prevalence of business agreements, so that sectorial or territorial ones again prevail with regard to salary issues or the organization of the day, unless the company agreement improves conditions.

Likewise, in the negotiation, measures aimed at reducing the temporality will be proposed, by means of a generalization of the indefinite contract and establishing a causality for those of a determined duration.

To this will be added a review of the temporary employment regulation files (ERTE) to be able to use them when the pandemic ends as a flexibility mechanism for companies.

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