The number of new programs that turn social insurance into job training surprised the government

It has many beneficiaries Social Schemes what do they want train To getting a job. This news demolishes the widespread image of “pleneros” who only want to collect subsidies without working and the numbers that prove it Astonished To the government of Xavier Miley: In just 45 days of operation of the new Return to Work plan, 76% of the total 1,012,356 beneficiaries They have already logged into an official portal Get trained in a trade and get a job.

is about 764,340 people According to the first statistics of the Ministry of Labor, those who showed a desire to get a job beyond receiving subsidies, and even 83% Of those who enter the portal (636,748 people) I know Registered And they started doing that Upload Your Resume to have access to job training courses that will allow them Exit the welfare scheme.

These figures excited libertarian officials, who were not certain of being able to carry it out successfully challenge The government proposed at the beginning of its administration: Convert social schemes into training and job exit programmes, without middlemen. There already is Important Companies who showed themselves when contacting the labor authorities Willing signing agreements for give them employment Beneficiaries of the programme who have been trained.

It all started when the Minister of Human Capital, Sandra Pettovello, The decision to end the scheme was announced in February Increase the work, which reached approximately 1.4 million people, to remove intermediaries, such as social movements and municipalities, from the aid system and replace it with two new programs, Back to Work And Social fellowship.

Of which 3 were in contact with the national media Infobae, Labor Secretary, Julio Cordero, The scheme explained the origin of the change: “We looked at this in some way with a strong action plan Freeze For people where they have been for generations. The one who was in a place of extreme poverty kept going In one place or even got worse your situation. We felt like there was no reason not to give people an opportunity You have a right to work. For a long time we have seen that if someone lost the scheme when they started working, two things happened: either informal work was encouraged or people did the same work but told you not to enrol them. The return to work scheme is exactly what they can do keep getting paid, not exceeding two years but until “They are trained and we can help them get a job.”

According to a preliminary survey by the Ministry of Human Capital, those who were enrolled in the Empower Work scheme Only 1.3% could get a jobSo this was the reason why most of the beneficiaries left the system Incompatibilities They received assistance (for example foreign travel or recorded salary), retirement or death. The Libertarian administration therefore concluded that this was a widespread scheme “Poorly designed” and during the time it was in effect It does not serve the purposes for which it was created.

A change to these plans was prepared in a equipment director Pettovello and composed of labor experts from La Libertad Avanza Miguel Angel Ponte And Luis Palomino, who later joined Cordero. There, the Return to Work Program was designed, aimed at the population between 18 and 49 years old, whose objective, according to its official presentation, is to “strengthen work skills and Improve employability to integrate its successful bidders into the formal labour market.”

In the first cabinet of the current Ministry of Labor, Palomino was in charge of implementing changes such as Under Secretary for Employment and Labor Training and has retained influence in the region despite being replaced in May Eugenia Cortona, A sociologist who worked for years in the educational sector of the Buenos Aires city government.

Cortona, who attended the press conference with Cordero, said that “once the decision was made to create this new program they went into the orbit of the Ministry of Labor 1,012,356 people of the empowering function, it was determined No other beneficiary will be admitted And that this was going to be the universe to work with during on the job training two years He’ll be back to work.”

Based on the “profiling” of the scheme, people over 50 years of age and women with more than 3 children who were in Empower Work moved to another new program, social accompaniment, which depends on the National Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and Family and whose beneficiaries receive subsidies without the need for compensation, but they can Willingness to enter into a return to work.

In the case of a return to work programme, people who register They are also not obligated to pay labor compensation to collect subsidies, a point that may seem controversial and Cortona explained it in these words: “The Empower Work plan had to offer the individual a compensation that was based on the service they provided, such as cutting grass in the municipality or participating in some productive activity, and There were social organizations to certify this compensation. There was mediation. Today there is no mandatory consideration. That is why we are surprised by the number of people who are registering spontaneously on the portal because it was not a condition that we had set.” Immediately, Cordero stressed: “It is a very strong thing. If you don’t want to work, you don’t work and you will be paid for two years because it is a right, not an obligation. “We really wanted to treat the work as a right, not a commodity.”

Beneficiaries returning to work receive allowance $78,000 monthly, But the payment is incompatible If they register a contractual link of public employment or a job under a dependency relationship in the private sector, started after joining the program, whose gross monthly remuneration exceeds the 3 Minimum, vital and mobile wages (702 thousand pesos).

Earlier, with Empower Work, which had a single significant and mobile minimum wage equivalent allocation, “The vast majority chose not to take up a registered job so that this dissonance does not arise Cortona highlighted that this has consequences for informal employment. Now, for beneficiaries who go back to work, with a limit Triple the previous limitation, “Whoever finds a job with those values ​​may not need the help, but once people register voluntarily Your data is crossed with official databases About the Argentine Integrated Pension System (SIPA) and the AFIP: “This is how we know Whether or not you are actually in a formal job -He sheds light- And this allows us to make decisions 3 Depending on your Minimum, Living Expense and Mobile Pay limits, we may or may not pay you. And by registering on the employment portal we get more information about it Prior Experience the person and his Family building.”

Regarding training, Cordero explained that “first a survey was conducted What were the activities that offered the best employment opportunities today? And based on the findings, Training Modules that provide Chambers of Commerce, Association Foundations, NGOs and Municipalities, and the training they provide is Audited By a special team at the regional level that monitors compliance with the training curriculum and its results.

Cortona said they are “I’m working hard on training design, For each sector, looking at the demand that currently exists in the productive sectors, and, for example, if they have idle capacity and can accommodate people. “We saw what the needs were, and we took them to the companies so that job opportunities could be made available,” Cordero said. We have started talking to big companies and some companies have committed to the programme and are already going to hire people.”

According to Trabajo, as part of this program, there are “initial job training courses in face-to-face or hybrid formats on a variety of topics”. technology, metallurgy, mechanics, construction, culinary arts, tourism, design, textiles and clothing, among others, which aim to provide the skills required to perform at the initial qualification levels of a trade or professional role. And there are also “Courses in distance format, with or without tuition examples provided by official training institutions, and Self-help courses Working at your own pace through our virtual campus; all of these are in key subjects like digital marketing, programming and more. In addition to on the job training in specific trades, “there are face-to-face career guidance workshops, Which aims to define individual training strategies and search for a job. The government clarified that all activities are completely Free And they have certification from Labor Ministry.

Early data from the return to work program show that in just over 45 days of operation 636,748 people have already voluntarily registered. 48% live in the Buenos Aires and Tucumán provinces. 70% are women and 63% are between 18 and 35 years old. 56% have children and the same percentage have reached incomplete secondary level. 20% said they were interested in training in gastronomy, tourism and textiles and apparel.

“We launched Back to Work about a month ago and now The problem is no longer the use of indicators or people -Cordero concluded-. Being a third generation in poverty, many people enrolled to return to work They can look for another way to get better. They tell us: Don’t do anything, leave it to me because I want to train and find a job. We are here to help them.”