The opposition of the Government to open the ERTE beyond tourism slows the negotiation for its extension

The Government's proposal to focus the resources of the next ERTE extension on the tourism sector has brought these negotiations to a standstill from which they should emerge in the coming days.

With the deadline of September 30,

that are facing the economic crisis caused by the pandemic.

Until now, it has managed to get its proposals with the signature of the social agents.

Unions and employers agree to reject the

differential protection

presented by

from the Ministry of Labor.

This model establishes the criteria for access to plan benefits.

It indicates to companies and workers the ability to seek aid based on the sector in which they carry out their activity.

The sector would be identified in the

Thus, companies related to codes linked to tourism directly or in 50% of their value chain would benefit.

"The reality does not fit in the CNAE classification", explain sources present in the negotiations.

"There are companies that can be classified in an apparently industrial activity but later they live from tourism and with the aid scheme proposed by the Government they would be left out of the aid, unfairly."

The social agents understand that the proposal is motivated by the Government's objective of

and the entire deployment of aid, which the Foundation of Savings Banks (Funcas) estimated last Tuesday at 25,000 million euros.

But they also know that giving the green light to a discriminatory model would generate

.

In addition, from the employer's association, which groups together large and small companies as well as self-employed workers, the accounts presented by the Ministry of Social Security are questioned.

.

The employers demand from Minister Escrivá a justification of the costs of the exemptions from contributions of workers more detailed than what is offered to them.

"We have the same flow of information with the social agents that in other times that we have met and he

"If there is something pending, it will be sent to them as soon as we receive it. And, logically, they are rigorous data," they conclude, adding that "in this ministry we do not have a war with anyone."

For its part, from the

" and have asked "that the negotiation be allowed to advance so that it is not doomed to blockade, after the effort made by the Government and social agents in these months to preserve employment ".

Among other reasons for the disagreement, the union led by

"does not understand the refusal to eliminate the exemptions for incorporation to work after the ERTE", one of the points introduced by

in the aid schemes last June.

The UGT request comes after the last meeting, which ended last night without great progress, and after which the parties - the Government, employers and unions - have already summoned next week to meet again, which prevents the agreement closes this week, an objective set at the beginning of the negotiations, and that it goes to the next council of ministers.

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