Congress pushes for EsSalud CAS workers to be put on 728 mode.

Plenary session Congress approved this afternoon by a majority (111 votes in favor) the persistence of a law that includes a labor regime Legislative Decree 728 (Law on Labor Productivity and Competitiveness), employees health who are in CAS mode with a perpetual contract.

The measure was approved at the plenary meeting on December 21, 2022. Seven days later, the signature of the law was sent for its promulgation, and on January 19, 2023, the signature was observed Executive power.

Chairman of the Budget and Accounts Commission of the Republic, Jose Luna Galvez (Podemos Peru) argued that this legislative initiative is intended to pay tribute to the workers health from different specialties that work under the CAS regime and switch to a labor regime that gives them the same rights and benefits as other employees.

Observations

The first observation warns that resources health They are intangible and cannot be used for other purposes. Luna Galvez argued that although they are intangible, this does not prevent their use in management, production, infrastructure and medical benefits for their insured persons.

“The recruitment of personnel responsible for the provision of benefits is consistent with the purpose of the EsSalud funds and is therefore not affected by the intangibility of the funds; As of August 2022, EsSalud’s budget allocated 37% to personnel costs, approximately 3.99 billion soles. Therefore, this remark is unlawful,” he said during the plenary session.

Another observation is that the inclusion of workers CAS to the 728 regime, will lead to an obvious increase in government spending, which will not have funding.

To this he replied that the amended budget showed that health He has a balance sheet of 153 million soles, of which he can fund the 116 million that the regime change will bring.

This figure warned Jose Luna Galvezwill maintain financial stability health.

The executive branch also noted a figure that falls on the fact that the income of workers CAS to a regime of private activity, directly and without competition, violates the principles of merit and equality in access to public functions.

The perseverance opinion, Luna argued, argues that the workers of the three modes of labor working in health (DL 276, DL 728 and DL 1057 CAS), “provide the same services to the insured and are funded from the same resources, so the coexistence of the three regimes within EsSalud only creates disparities in terms of remuneration, rights and benefits.”