• The president of the Employers' Association of the Social Economy, has stated that he is "in tune" with the philosophy pursued by this regulation (stable employment, reducing inequalities, eliminating precariousness, betting on young people...), while also showing the the head of Labor the "unresolved sectoral concerns" in the Labor Reform.
• In the meeting that has been "positive and constructive", a roadmap has been established that establishes technical meetings with the affected groups and modifications of some regulations, such as the Law of Insertion Companies, the Law of Cooperatives or the Law of Social economy.
• During the meeting, Juan Antonio Pedreño also expressed his concern about the exclusion of the Social Economy from regulations as important as the Draft Law on Emerging Companies, the Draft Law on the Creation and Consolidation of Companies, currently in parliamentary process, or the Waste Law, which has already reached the Senate.
Madrid, February 9, 2022.- The Spanish Business Confederation of the Social Economy (CEPES) has met with the Second Vice President of the Government and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz , to analyze the Labor Reform in the companies of the Social Economy, as well as the aspects that concern the entity in this sense and that have not been included in the new legislation.
Accompanying the Vice President was the Secretary of State for Employment and Social Economy, Joaquín Rey, and accompanying the President of CEPES, Juan Antonio Pedreño , were the President of COCETA; Luis Miguel Jurado , the president of Agrifood Cooperatives of Spain, Angel Villafranca and Carmen Comos , director of CEPES
During the meeting, which CEPES described as "positive and constructive", its resident , Juan Antonio Pedreño, assured that both the entity and the entire Social Economy "are in tune with the philosophy pursued by the Labor Reform of generating employment stable, reduce inequalities, eliminate precariousness and bet on young people, which are, ultimately, matching challenges to advance in improving people's lives and rights”.
Despite showing their support for the bulk of the new norm, the Social Economy employers wanted to transfer to Díaz the "unresolved sectoral concerns" in it. Specifically, concerns have been expressed regarding the Special Employment Centers and insertion companies, the Fishermen's Guilds, the Agri-food Cooperatives and the Cooperatives in general.
In this sense, the president of CEPES has transferred his interest in having participated "more actively " in the debate prior to the drafting of the standard, "since some of the issues that have been raised at the meeting could have been analyzed and resolved. in the regulatory text. For this reason, they have set a roadmap that establishes technical meetings with the affected groups and modifications of some regulations, such as the Insertion Companies Law, the Cooperatives Law or the Social Economy Law.
With regard to the Special Employment Centers and insertion companies , CEPES has referred to the return of people excluded from the insertion companies, "that once they enter the ordinary labor market, they can fall back on their reason for exclusion and have to go back to the insertion company”. This problem, they have said, is "difficult" to address with the Labor Reform, given what, they have recognized, "there is a will" to solve it within the framework of the new Insertion Companies Law.
On the other hand, regarding the Brotherhoodsof Fishermen, three important issues have been raised in which it has been agreed to hold a more technical meeting to address them.
Claims in this sense have focused on the need to find a contractual formula for the specific work carried out by the unloading personnel of ships with non-permanent personnel, until now covered by the work and service contract; in the "significant" increase in cost that the additional contribution will entail at the end of each temporary contract of less than 30 days, for which it has been suggested that fishing companies be exempted from the Special Regime of the Sea, as is already the case with others groups such as domestic or mining employees; and on how to solve the problems of time registration in sea workers and that this does not affect their salary.
In relation to the Agrifood Cooperatives , it has been considered, on the one hand, how to apply the Labor Reform to agricultural campaigns of more than 90 days, as in the case of olive groves or fruit and vegetables. On the other hand, the concern about the lack of labor in the field has been expressed, for which it has been proposed to strengthen contingency programs with certain countries to guarantee stable personnel, and even strengthen this contingency with training plans in the country of origin. source.
Regarding Cooperatives in general, the importance of making adjustments to cooperative legislation at the state and regional level to avoid discrepancies with the Labor Reform has been highlighted.
Finally, the casuistry of contracts linked to projects financed with community funds has been put on the table. Until now, these contracts were works and services linked to each project. If the Labor Reform is applied, the entities will have to bear the compensation costs, which is not an eligible cost in this type of project. In this sense, it has been requested to analyze applying to this casuistry the exceptionality that the Law for the Public Sector already contemplates.
EXCLUSION OF THE SOCIAL ECONOMY IN THE REGULATION
During the meeting, Juan Antonio Pedreño also expressed his concern about the exclusion of the Social Economy from regulations as important as the Draft Law on Emerging Companies, the Draft Law on the Creation and Consolidation of Companies, currently in parliamentary process, or the Waste Law, which has already reached the Senate.
In this sense, the need to generate coordination and participation mechanisms has been highlighted so that the Social Economy can participate in the legislative activity programmed by the Government for the coming months so that the plurality of formulas is contemplated in all legislative regulations. laws of the Spanish legal system. Among the immediate legislative agenda are: the Annual Training Plan, the Employment Law, the Vocational Training Law, the Housing Law or the Social Services Law, the new industry law, among others. All of them are of great interest to Social Economy companies.
In addition, the meeting also addressed the imminent approval of the PERTE for the Social Economy and Care Economy, on which the details and budget allocation are being finalized and which, shortly, will be approved by the Council of Ministers and publicly announced by the President of the Government.
