Last November, the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) achieved the highest collection of worker-employer fees of which there is a record, reaching 348,724 million pesos, the agency reported in a statement. To a large extent, this figure was reached by an adequate inspection of subcontracting companies after the reform in the matter, he said.
He stressed that these allocations are vital for its operation, since 93 out of every 100 pesos of the institute’s income “come from the collection of fees and are used to cover benefits associated with the social security of the beneficiaries.”
With that amount, the IMSS reports a “surplus of more than 7,500 million pesos, obtaining income higher than 28,245 million pesos more than that registered in the same period of 2020”, when the collection was 320,479 million pesos. That is, nominal growth was 8.8% and real, 3.1 percent.
In 2018, the annual collection of employer-employee quotas represented 1.38% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). By 2021, that percentage has increased to 1.54%, that is, 0.16 percentage points. To put this data into perspective, the institute emphasizes, from 2006 to 2018, the growth was 0.13 percentage points. In other words, in the last two years, collection increased more than in the previous 12-year period.
The IMSS estimates “to close 2021 with an accumulated collection for employer-employee quotas of 381,500 million pesos. That is, 31,700 million pesos more than that registered in 2020. Which would lead to a surplus of 9,000 million pesos.
“It is a direct result of the strategies and improvements in the acts of authority, as well as the favorable evolution of the employment and salary indicators registered in the IMSS,” explained the institute. November has also been the month with the highest number of jobs, for that month the institute reported 20 million 933,050 formal jobs, “which generated revenues of 5.1 billion pesos.”
The policy of increasing minimum wages increases quotas, but “by itself it is not the main reason” for improving collection, he said. According to the agency, less than 1% of affiliated workers are registered with a minimum wage.
They have been the strengthening of the inspection and collection, “hand in hand with the close accompaniment with the employer sector to guide the correct interpretation of the regulatory framework ”in relation to the labor outsourcing reform, which allowed“ historical income and above economic expectations ”, despite the crisis derived from the Covid-19 pandemic”, ensures the body.
Another important element has been “expanding the insured base” through the pilot programs for domestic workers and independent workers. Both schemes currently benefit more than 50,000 people, including their families. The monthly collection generated by these means has exceeded 60 million pesos, according to the institute.
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx