RENATRE estimates that around 120,000 workers will be affected by incompatibility between temporary employment and social programs:

A month and a half ago, Decree 514/2021, which allowed a person to continue receiving social plans, such as the Alimentar card or those from the "Potenciar Trabajo" program, even if they obtained temporary employment, ceased to be in effect. In the rural sector, this rule had solved a historic conflict for regional economies, which usually require seasonal labor and found that many did not want to risk losing their benefits. For the employer, this also meant exposing themselves to receiving sanctions if they hired them irregularly. But, despite the warnings that the Unión Argentina de Trabajadores Rurales y Estibadores (UATRE) had already issued before it expired, the Ministry of Human Capital turned a deaf ear and decided not to extend it. Today, the effects are already being seen in certain activities and the union estimates that around 120,000 workers are affected. "The fall of the decree generates uncertainty and setbacks that the Argentine countryside cannot afford in these ...