Major employer CEOE has decided not to sit down again at a negotiating table with the Department of Labor until further notice. Employers shall submit employment regulation files (agreed between the Government and EH Bildu) giving the Labor Inspectorate further powers of suspension andJOYFUL) without any objective reason. Thus, before the CEOE decides to raise the interprofessional minimum wage (SMI), it leaves in the air its participation in the mandatory statutory consultation that the Department of Labor has to hold each year with the social partners.
“While Spanish businessmen await a fix, they reject dialogue with the Ministry of Labor as we understand it to be deceptive and contrary to goodwill,” employers said in a statement Wednesday. CEOE sources state that the suspension of relations is with the Ministry of Labor, not other ministries. In other words, employers will continue to negotiate with SSI for pension reform.
The withdrawal of some form of administrative power was a historic demand by unions that were not involved in the last labor reform agreed with employers in 2021. he is a Red line. Businessmen feel “betrayed” now that this issue has been partially resolved under the leadership of Unidas Podemos and EH Bildu.
The CEOE also leaves the door open for possible legal action on this issue as they realize it may be unconstitutional. “We also warn that this amendment, whose purpose is to interfere with business decisions, is contrary to the Constitution and the right to free enterprise, and to European regulations that do not accept a regulation that removes decision-making power from the employer, inter alia, the CJUE decision of 21 December 2016″. as determined by numerous decisions”.
Antonio Garamendi’s presidency took this decision abruptly a day after the consensus amendment was approved in the House of Representatives, which still needs to be approved. This change is currently business rules, will likely be voted in full on December 21 or 22. On the same day 21, the CEOE called Board of Directorswhere it will work with its highest representatives on the precise position it will adopt on this issue and whether (and how) it resolves its relations with the Department of Labor.