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Peru: Remote working extended thru July 31, 2021

14:14 | Lima, Aug. 3.

The remote working period in Peru will be extended until July 31, 2021, Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano highlighted on Monday.

"The remote working period will be extended until July 31, 2021. To date, more than 220,000 'remote workers' have been registered, avoiding the risk of COVID-19 contagion at workplaces," he expressed.

In this sense, Cateriano acknowledged that the COVID-19 crisis caused the massive loss of jobs, which is why the Government will apply measures this year to prevent the destruction of more positions, and instead boost the creation of decent vacancies for more Peruvians.

"(…) in Lima alone, nearly 2.7 million jobs were lost. However, the resumption of economic activities and the progressive recovery of various activities and industries have allowed the recovery of nearly 2 million jobs," he said.

"However, it is noted that the increase is mainly witnessed in informal jobs. This situation shows the existence of a high-risk job insecurity, which implies that many workers move to a situation of greater vulnerability," he added.

The Prime Minister also emphasized the urgency that economic revival be accompanied by incentives to create and sustain more and better formal jobs, which are supported by social protection and aim at people's well-being.

"Therefore, we will adopt measures to facilitate the continuity of work activities in a safe way and will enable the fulfillment of labor rights despite the context of crisis," he concluded.

As is known, many companies adopted the remote working modality since the state of emergency against COVID-19 was decreed last March in Peru.

The nationwide quarantine came to an end on June 30. Yet there are currently localized quarantines in some areas of the country until August 31 this year.

Remarks were made at Congress during a plenary session in which Prime Minister Cateriano presented the Government's general policy and requested the confidence vote of legislators.

#VotoDeConfianza | Con la finalidad de prevenir el riesgo de contagio de la COVID-19 en los centros laborales, se extenderá hasta el 31 de julio de 2021 la modalidad de #TrabajoRemoto. pic.twitter.com/JygdNL68zE
— Ministerio de Trabajo (@MTPE_Peru) August 3, 2020