The history of are you covid is a success story, in which the Government has committed an unprecedented amount of resources to save millions of jobs and that there has been a unanimous consensus in the social dialogue and alone vox it has gotten off the hook in Congress to support the successive renewals of this tool. In the parliamentary sessions of the first bars of the pandemic, the crossing of verbal reproaches between the PSOE, United We Can and the PP for the paternity (and part of the electoral revenue) of the measure were a constant. The first mention of temporary employment regulation files dates back to the original text of the Workers’ Statute, of 1980 and with the extinct UCD in the presidency of the Government.
However, the history of the ertes has also left its dark moments, such as when the SEPE it was late in paying the first benefits and left hundreds of thousands of workers up to three months without income. At its maximum peak 3.4 million workers came to be covered by a file of this type, compared to the little more than 100,000 that currently exist. To support this labor shield, the public treasury has made an unprecedented effort and has spent, between aid to companies and benefits, 29,050 million euros, according to data from the Ministries of Labor and Social Security.
Although the Government has managed to keep the front with employers and unions intact in each and every one of the seven renewals that have taken place from March 2020 to February 2022, this has not been without tensions and untimely meetings a few hours before expiration. the deadline for renewing the grants. Especially agonizing was the fifth extension, which required an extraordinary Council of Ministers and the CEOE joined the pact once the government conclave had already begun. The refusal of employers to accept the limitations on dismissal during the six months after the erte tensed the negotiations, as well as the exclusion of certain sectors in different phases of the pandemic.
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