Escrivá maintains his plan to raise prices, a measure criticized for being a "hidden tax"

• Escrivá proposes extending the calculation period of the public pension from 25 to 30 years and choosing the best 28

The Minister of Social Security,

, has barely changed a comma in the

that he presented in the social dialogue two weeks ago, which condemns the negotiations to be prolonged and makes it difficult for the reform to see the light of day with agreement

, as the Government has promised to Brussels in the Recovery Plan.

The

on which this proposal revolves remain unchanged: the

to calculate the pension from the last 25 years of working life that are currently used to the best 28 of the last 30 years of work, and the

between 2025 and 2050 according to an automatic mechanism, which will consist of adding an additional annual increase of 1,154 points to the CPI.

This last measure, as alerted this Monday by experts from the Foundation for Applied Economics Studies (

), will function as

with higher incomes, to whom an increase in wages will be applied. bases that will not be proportional to the maximum pension that they will receive when they retire.

While the maximum bases will rise by 34.76% between now and 2050, the maximum pensions will do so by 3.03%.

"From CEOE we maintain our opposition, understanding that

both

and an

that will harm the labor market. Proposals that, furthermore, we do not consider that they allow improving the sustainability of the system. Despite our repeated insistence "We still lack an economic and impact report. We reiterate, furthermore, that the main measures proposed by the Government are outside the consensus reached within the framework of the Toledo Pact," employer sources pointed out yesterday at the end of the meeting.

Business representatives are not in favor of this measure, which has also been criticized by

experts .

In the first place, due to

, barely two tenths of GDP per year, about 2,400 million, which contributes little to the sustainability of the system;

and, on the other hand, because "it means boosting

that should not be part of the Social Security financing scheme".

"Social contributions that are applied to incomes above certain thresholds (those that would give the right to the maximum benefit) are, in practice,

(a monetary levy without any counterpart) that also has an

by applying very high tax rates on a limited and arbitrary basis. It would therefore be convenient to eliminate this peculiar Social Security tax, suppressing contributions above such thresholds, and replace it with something better, "the economists advise.

Specifically, they suggest that a "

" be applied, which could also serve to put an end to the transfers made by the State to Social Security and that are worsening their financial situation.

The employers are opposed to the proposal to raise the maximum contribution bases, but

because they think it is "

".

In his opinion,

(currently, workers who earn more than 4,139.40 euros per month only contribute for the first 4,139.40 euros and the rest of their salary is free of contribution);

UGT and CCOO believe that the contribution rate -28.3% to be distributed, 23.6% for the company and 4.7% for the worker- should be applied to their total base or salary.

That would lead them to contribute much more money to Social Security, which should therefore lead to an increase in their pension in the future.

"

, when our initial claim was the absolute top", they point out from the UGT, who also see the 3% increase in the maximum pension as "scarce".

Secretary of Social Protection and Public Policies in

, present at the negotiation, pointed out that the Government maintained "

, clearly insufficient in relation to the increase in income derived from the action of the destope on maximum bases and wages Taller".

Extend the calculation period

The Government did not arouse support for this measure, but neither was it successful with its idea of ​​extending the calculation period to

, giving the option of

"The Government has insisted on the proposal and has once again had the same response from the social partners:

, we are not aware that there is sufficient parliamentary support and we do not understand, therefore, that without having Once both things are guaranteed, the Government brings a proposal that has not been debated within the table, again, as has been the case in previous sessions," said the CCOO spokesman.

The novelties that the Government introduced in the document presented this Monday are mainly aimed at

, that is, the fact that the average pensions received by women are much lower than those of men.

Among them, the reinforcement of the

, raising up to 80% of the minimum base between months 49 to 72 (fourth to sixth year of work) for women between 35 and 45 years old and men who have suffered an interruption in those years of her working career after having a child.

"Coverage of

is also improved . It is also proposed to increase additional growth in the gender gap complement between 2024 and 2025, in addition to the annual revaluation", as reported by the Ministry.

Nor have these measures been very well received at the table.

", they pointed out from

. "Minimum pensions are not addressed at all and it is clearly insufficient in terms of integration of gaps, with

and a somewhat greater advance in relation to the proposals that we have made of periods of contributions for leave of absence in the care of children, the elderly, or reductions in working hours", they said from

.

"In a matter of gap, the Ministry has incorporated some minor measure that points in the right direction. But essentially,

one that was studied last week, since now the possibility of cover contribution gaps for women between the ages of 35 and 45", denounced

.

The social agents

to meet during their meeting on Monday and asked the Ministry to send a new proposal before agreeing on a day that they can study before sitting down.

"

, and therefore difficult to be able to predict that the term that the government is marking to end

will be met ," lamented Bravo, from CCOO.

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