The national government launched the Program for Economic Recovery, Employment Generation and Social Inclusion for Workers of Private Houses, called “Registered”, which seeks to recover jobs lost during the coronavirus pandemic, support employers, and contribute to greater formalization in the sector.
Through the new program, the State will give private house workers a fixed sum of money for six months on account of the payment that the employing party will make, with which it seeks to reduce informality, guarantee access and permanence in a registered job. and encourage bankarization.
Enrollment in the program must be requested by the employer and will be open until December 31, 2021 when the program ends., in which the national government expects at least 90,000 private house workers to sign up.
In principle, the worker will be registered in the Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP) and contributions and contributions will be paid. Later, The automatic opening of a free salary account will be carried out in the Nación bank and the State will transfer between 30 and 50% of the salary.
For employers whose gross income is less than $ 122,500, the percentage of the salary that the State will pay will be 50% of the monthly net remuneration, according to the collective agreement of the sector. When the income is between $ 122,500 and $ 175,000 it will be 30 percent. In all cases, the benefit may not exceed $ 15,000 per month.
The State will give private house workers a fixed sum of money for six months on account of the payment that the employing party will make, with which it seeks to reduce informality, guarantee access and permanence to a registered job and encourage bankarization.
Meanwhile, the employer will transfer the remaining percentage of the corresponding salary to the worker. The monetary transfer by the State lasts six months and only one worker can be registered (nor can she be registered twice in the program) with the obligation to keep the job for the four months after the end of the benefit.
What requirements must they meet
To qualify, The workers must dedicate a minimum of 12 weekly hours declared by the employer and carry out tasks framed within the categories “Personnel for specific tasks”, “Home and housework”, “Assistance and care of people” or “Personnel for general tasks” . The Government stressed that a worker cannot be fired in order to register her again.
In order to enter the program, the employer must receive monthly income less than the non-taxable minimum of Earnings. The State will contribute 50% of the minimum monthly net remuneration of the new hire when the employer receives a gross monthly income of less than 70% of the minimum non-taxable income tax. Meanwhile, it will contribute 30% of the monthly net remuneration in the event that employers have a gross monthly income between 70% and 100% of the non-taxable minimum of the same tax.
Enrollment in the program must be requested by the employer and will be open until December 31, 2021, when the program ends, in which the national government expects at least 90,000 private home workers to sign up.
The requirements also include that during the 12 months immediately prior to the entry into force of the decree that establishes the program, the employer must have received a monthly average of gross income, of any nature, equal to or less than the minimum non-taxable income tax, currently set at 175,000 pesos.
Access to this modality does not generate incompatibility with other benefits, allowances and social programs, with the exception of the non-contributory pension for disability, the non-contributory pension for the mother of 7 children and the non-contributory pension for old age.
The creation of a monitoring committee is also foreseen, made up of representatives of the Ministries of Women, Labor, and the Economy; the AFIP and the Banco de la Nación, which will make periodic reports on the progress of the implementation of the plan.
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