translated from Spanish: Find out who will be able to access the new Ife Laboral

The Minister of Social Development, Karla Rubilar, together with the Ministers of Finance and Economy, Rodrigo Cerda and Lucas Palacios, respectively, detailed this day, the delivery of the new Labor IFE announced this Tuesday by President Sebastián Piñera.The benefit, which will be delivered directly to the workers, will begin to apply from August 1 for all workers who find a formal job with a salary of up to three minimum wages, i.e. $1,011,000 gross. In the case of women, the benefit will be 60% of their salary, with a cap of $ 250 thousand per month. The same conditions shall apply to workers between the ages of 18 and 24, over the age of 55 or who have some degree of disability.” And in the case of a man over 25 years old and under 55 years old, 50% of his salary with a cap of $ 200 thousand, “explained Minister Rubilar. The finance minister, Rodrigo Cerda, meanwhile, said that the benefit “has to go in support of this process of job recovery, with this labor IFE we hope to recover 500 thousand more jobs and we hope that those jobs are of good quality, formal and with contributions.” Lucas Palacios, economy minister, said that “it is important that we change the mood with regard to our country. We are making good progress with regard to overcoming the pandemic, we have to continue to take care of ourselves so that we can reach the goal that no one else is infected and we also have to be optimistic about the economy.”

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