The Acting Minister of Labor, Iván Daniel Jaramillo Jassir, and the Attorney Delegate for Labor and Social Security Affairs, Diana Margarita Ojeda, spoke before the impossibility of not reaching agreements at the permanent dialogue table, held on Wednesday, June 26 and 27, with the 13 organizations that carry out union action in all the country’s headquarters.
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In this regard, the Minister (e) explained that it was not possible to reach an agreement due to “economic and legal impossibility in fulfilling the bonus”.
“We have made all the arrangements for its recognition, but there are causes that prevent this request”said Jaramillo Jassir.
For her part, Attorney General Ojeda urged that dialogue continue in order to end the strike.
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“The Ministry (of Labor) promised to advance all the steps so that the bonus can be obtained at a given time, but given this legal impossibility and the current fiscal situation where there is austerity decreed by the national government, it is impossible to study the budgetary viability,” Ojeda said.
He also noted that “In the case of public employees, strikes are not provided for, they are prohibited in the substantive labor code”and complement, “When there is a cessation of activities, when the public employee does not perform his duties, there is no payment”.
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The Attorney General’s Office urged that the cessation of activities end because they are seriously harming the rest of the country and said that many of those complaints that labor inspectors are responsible for resolving are being transferred to the Attorney General’s Office.
Finally, Jaramillo reaffirmed that he continues to maintain the political will to resolve labor and union conflicts, in accordance with the law, and the rights of workers..
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