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PCP wants to extend to eight months the credits paid by the Salary Guarantee Fund

The general secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), Jerónimo de Sousa, presents the main conclusions after the Central Committee meeting at a press conference at the party headquarters, on September 18, 2022. ANDRÉ KOSTERS/LUSA

The PCP wants to extend the duration of the credits paid by the Salary Guarantee Fund from six to eight months and simplify the process by imposing decision deadlines.

According to a bill, to which Lusa had access and which will be delivered this Monday to the Assembly of the Republic, the communists they want to change the rules of operation and access to the Salary Guarantee Fund.

The reform to the PCP law also provides for the “simplification, streamlining and reduction of bureaucracy in the process” of attribution through the “imposition of decision deadlines.”

As soon as the request submitted by the work is partially or fully accepted, the bench led by Paula Santos wants a “deadline for the payment of credits” to be stipulated.

In support of the project, the party argues that there are “delays and insufficiencies in the response of the Salary Guarantee Fund, with countless workers having to wait more than a year to obtain a response.”

Problems and obstacles persist in accessing the Salary Guarantee Fund, such as the difficulty of complying with all the legal requirements for access, or the restricted definition of credit maturities, allowing situations in which workers, after a court ruling, cannot they can claim the credits, which generates situations of deep fragility”, adds the graduate.

For this reason, the communists maintain, it is necessary to “change the rules of operation and access” to this fund.

According to information made available by Social Security, the Salary Guarantee Fund is intended for all workers and is intended to “ensure the payment of employers’ debts to their workers, when they cannot pay them because they are indebted. insolvency or in a difficult economic situation.

Source: Observadora

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