The employers’ associations and the most representative unions in Catalonia are demanding that the Government establish an aid aimed at: self-employment with dependent children to rent babysitters or discounts nursery. This is stated in the most recent report presented this Friday by Consell de Treball, Econòmic i Social de Catalunya (CTESC), a body that brings together Catalan social agents and whose main task is to advise the Generalitat Government. In it, social agents offer to create a “.Bonus Babysitter“, given the comparative complaint with wage earners regarding their conditions maternity or paternity leave.
Ctesc identifies serious reconciliation problems among self-employed due to the high and irregular working hours that characterize the group. The hours that a self-employed worker undertakes to maintain his job and are unable to devote to his family are more burdened than that of a salaried worker. According to the latest data from the INE, on average old 40.4 hours per weekin front of 32.1 hours the second (we must have the bias introduced by part-time contracts here).
That’s why they’re asking Ctesc, the public, for new measures to make the job easier. reproductive. They do not develop their special offer on this ‘Bonus Babysitter’, whether it is to be implemented by Social Security or directly by Generalitat, but encourage the latter to explore initiatives in this direction.
According to the report presented this Friday, the number of self-employed in Catalonia – about 522,000 – remained stable in the full employment boom through 2021. While falling in commercial and technical activities, building Y hostel, thereby reclaiming some of the self-employment lost in the first year of covid. While this demonstrates resilience in the face of post-covid, it also reveals a certain common sense between the group and the Catalan community to undertake new activities in the current situation.
The first prospects and aftermath of the new contribution system reform, approved this year and agreed upon between the Government and social actors, will, among other things, condition the evolution of the group’s numbers. From January 1, 2023 self-employed will have to continue to contribute according to their income from the activity, not according to the quota they have voluntarily chosen (as has been the case so far).
retirement gap
And one of the challenges ahead is to fix the structural gap in pensions that exists between the self-employed group and workers. According to data compiled by Ctesc, a currently retired self-employed person, 37.4% less pension A persistent deficit that has barely changed in recent years and is explained by the majority’s decision to contribute to the minimum wage. Which mostly leaves a minimum pension.
To improve income expectations among RETA subsidiaries, Ctesc proposes to allow active retirement, that is, to allow a self-employed person to reconcile with income from continuing to collect 100% of his pension. as self-employed regardless of whether they have employees. They also request that Generalitat set up a special office within the ‘conselleria’ d’Empresa i Treball to advise new freelancers or those looking to reinvent their business to improve their results.