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CEOE sees "inadmissible and unpresentable" that the Government raises the maximum bases outside the social dialogue

MADRID, 7 Oct.

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CEOE sees "inadmissible and unpresentable" that the Government raises the maximum bases outside the social dialogue

MADRID, 7 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE) has criticized this Friday for "inadmissible and unpresentable" the Government's decision to increase the maximum contribution bases by 8.6% in 2023, as stated in the General State Budget project ( PGE) presented yesterday by the Executive.

The employers' association has denounced in a statement that this decision has been adopted "unilaterally and behind the back of social dialogue", where the second leg of the pension reform is currently being negotiated, in which precisely one of the issues to be dealt with is the maximum pension and the maximum contribution base.

"There is a specific table with the social partners to deal with this issue and it met for the last time last Monday without anything being transferred to us on this matter, with which the decision adopted is unpresentable and devalues ​​social dialogue," stresses the CEOE .

The business organization "does not understand" that the Government is asking for an income pact from the social agents, and at the same time the Executive itself "makes unilateral decisions in aspects that affect it substantially."

The employers' association warns that raising social contributions and placing an "even greater" burden on companies is a "serious mistake", since it considers that it will have "harmful effects on employment". In fact, it calculates that, adding to this measure the overcontribution included in the Intergenerational Equity Mechanism (MEI), the costs associated with the labor factor will increase by more than 9% "in a context of economic deterioration and general uncertainty".

"Spanish companies have made an extra effort in recent years to maintain employment and cushion, more in the short term, the rise in inflation. This new blow to the productive fabric, at a time when the State coffers present a record collection, again generates mistrust in companies and legal insecurity and is an unnecessary obstacle to competitiveness and economic growth", stresses the organization chaired by Antonio Garamendi.