Employer rejects government pension reform: ‘Totally reactionary’

Businessmen condemned support for the pension system in a statementAccording to his warnings, “it is falling on the country’s workers and companies through an overall increase in contributions”, which “will lower the wages of all workers and jeopardize job creation by increasing labor costs.”

“Without prejudice to a thorough examination of the document presented at today’s meeting, the proposal intended for approval, it is utterly reactionary, as it means more years of work, more contributions and less pensions.“, they emphasize.

For business organizations, It is ‘mind-blowing’ that the government is facing pension system reform “Without the necessary discussion and social dialogue after reaching an unprecedented transfer of sovereignty agreement with Europe.”

“Offer Violates the necessary discussion that should have taken place in the Toledo Pact and not accompanied by the impact analysis that the social partners have been demanding since the summer,” they stress.

A “populist voracious compilation” proposal

Entrepreneurs complain Written offer will not be delivered to them in advance. and they saw it published in the press ahead of the meeting this Friday, “and all this after months of the Ministry’s lack of dialogue.”

“Government greed to collect taxes, through populist proposals like this, will undermine companies’ efforts in wage negotiations, because it is the workers who are most burdened by the contributions side.they will see some of the increases in their wages absorbed“, they warn.

At the same time, employers believe that this government reform “puts small businesses and the self-employed at serious risk”, because they have less financial strength and increased costs, resulting in a “negative impact on job creation”.