The labor reform, one of the projects of the government of Gustavo Petro, sank on June 20 in the Congress of the Republic, on the last day of the first legislature of the Government. However, experts indicate that it is necessary to do it.
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According to Carlos Prieto, professor and member of the Labor Observatory of the Javeriana University, the reform proposed by the Government collapsed due to he “political management that was given”besides, “It was not the text, because it was not possible to build a true consensus around the interest of the government, it must be built with all the benches, so that they contribute to current labor legislation”.
Prieto indicates that “The text was based more on political-ideological positions than on technical-legal or technical-economic realities, it was like producing a text that reflected the thought they have of society”.
For consensus, there were many meetings, but in the end the ideal reform was not reached, “These meetings did not end up being reflected in the final text”he added.
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Prieto mentions that a labor reform must be carried out and indicates that currently In Colombia and in other Latin American countries there is labor legislation created since 1950, which does not respond to current needs.
Similarly, it points out that these laws “They were built from a specific historical model of the second industrial revolution that remained anchored in time.” Therefore, “two revolutions have already passed, we are currently in the fourth, which means that the industrial production model of 70 years ago does not solve the problems that we have today in employment”.
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Additionally, adds that this legislation should be reformed because “This legal model is focused on a single way of providing subordinate services, which is the employment relationship through an employment contract, but there are many other ways in which people work and that each of these forms of work deserves special protection. of the State”.
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