In the prelude to the installation of the labor and salary consultation table, which will discuss the adjustment of the minimum wage for 2025, The National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) revealed the productivity figures in Colombia, a key piece of information in the tripartite negotiation.
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This figure, along with the inflation figure that will be known this Friday, are the basis on which the increase in the minimum wage will be debated and the threshold on which the proposals of business unions and central workers, among other actors, will be known.
During a meeting of the Permanent Commission for Coordination of Salary and Labor Policies, Dane delivered the indicators with which productivity is measured.
As explained by the Minister of Labor, Gloria Inés Ramírez, Total Factor Productivity (TFP) was 1.73%, while labor productivity per hour worked reached 3.43%.
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Furthermore, labor productivity per person employed was 1.76% and an average productivity of 3.14% was reported, reflecting a positive trend in terms of efficiency.
It should be noted that The indicators that are traditionally taken into account are Total Factor Productivity and labor productivity per hour worked.
In that sense, the president of the Unitary Central of Workers (CUT), Fabio Arias, requested that the data on labor productivity per hour worked be the basis on which the negotiation of the minimum wage is built.
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“These productivity data positively surprise employers and us workers. Although it is true that we have differences on the methodology, we must positively record that this methodology also, like the one that we have always defended, establishes a significant difference between total factor productivity and labor productivity.”Arias explained.
The president of the CUT also said that it is time to take into account labor productivity over factor productivity since, for years, neoliberal and pro-business governments “They have always applied total factor productivity, it is an opportunity for that gap to be reduced”.
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