69.1% of the self-employed believe that their business will be impaired if another increase in the minimum interprofessional minimum wage (SMI) is approved in 2020, as can be seen from the ATA Barometer of Autonomous Work carried out by the National Federation of Associations of Autonomous Workers ( ATA)

Of this total, 22.3% say that it will affect them a lot, almost 32% that they will suffer "a lot" and 15% think that "something" will affect them. On the contrary, almost 17.3% believe that they will not see any change in their business.

Along these lines, almost 65% of the self-employed respondents are not in favor of raising the minimum wage this year , compared to 19% which is in favor.

The president of ATA, Lorenzo Amor, explained that the rise of the SMI is not a problem exclusively for entrepreneurs, but also for families, workers and pensioners , because they have staff hired in their homes.

"If tomorrow we raise the SMI to 1,200 euros, which is 1,400 euros per month with the cost of Social Security, the household regime would be 1,700 euros, what working family can keep someone in their house for 8 hours?", You have questioned Love.

He also highlighted that if the SMI is raised to 1,200 euros, there will be an increase in the submerged economy and stressed that "it is not the same to raise the minimum wage in Madrid or Navarra than in Lepe or Torremocha."

Thus, Amor has asked the Government to listen to the employer in these areas, who pays the payroll and is the one who makes the decision whether or not he continues with the job, and whether he can pay it or not. He has also assured that he would like that every time the SMI is uploaded, the Public Administration will also adapt the climb to the companies that have contracted, since it does not do so right now and "this is a problem".

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