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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff The General Comptroller's Office notified the Board of Directors and the Executive President of Social Security to stop the union strike. According to the Comptroller's rule, the agreement must be annulled. The Social Security Board must immediately apply the provisions of the Law on Strengthening Public Finance. The Board of Directors of Social Security confirmed on Friday, they will conduct a meeting to resolve the Comptroller's request. President Carlos Alvarado explained why this controversial agreement was approved. As published by A.M. Costa Rica in August, the explanation by President Alvarado was the government's priority was to stop the strike that affected more than 120,000 patients due to a lack of medical attention. "If this strike had continued, the figure would have continued to increase," said the president. Concerning claims from the business sector about the privileges that Social Security employees receive, President Alvarado said there are some regulations being applied in accordance with the Law on Strengthening Public Finance. According to the government, regulations for Social Security employees are a reduction in severance payment from 20 to 8 years. The extra annual fees were reduced from 5.3 to 1.9. The exclusive dedication payment was also reduced. Severance payment, annual payments, and exclusive dedication payments are part of the extra salaries that Social Security employees receive. According to the Government, these extra wage benefits are the result of agreements between the Union and previous governments, to stop the strikes of 1982, 1985, 1990, 1999, 2004, and 2007. These salary privileges approved in the past "are what we are trying to solve today," said President Alvarado. According to the government, the agreement was sent to the court to analyze the extra payments received by Social Security employees before December 2018. The Comptroller's office has now ordered the agreement canceled. On August 14th, Social Security reported that during the 8-day union strike, 223,762 medical appointments were scheduled, of which only 140,890 were completed. Of the 3,341 surgical procedures scheduled only 1,677 were performed. In April, the court gave Social Security 6-months to reduce patient waiting lists in hospitals. The Constitutional Court Chamber ordered Social Security to design an integrated management system to reduce the "disproportionate and unreasonable deadlines patients should expect in hospitals," said the ruling. It has 6-months to approve a design. The problem is that it represents a systematic and repeated violation of the right to health, said the court. To follow up on compliance with this ruling, the Constitutional Chamber set a public hearing for November 14th, in the Supreme Court of Justice. On that day, the authorities of Social Security must present the advances and actions developed. ------------------------ Should the government eliminate all extra payments to Social Security employees? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com |
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