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labour Markets and welfare states: a country perspective
cent of children aged 5 to 17 years worked (InDEC, 2004), a total of
1.5 million children distributed throughout the country. In 2006 the
rate of juvenile poverty (among those aged 15-24 years) was 36 per
cent and among adolescents (15-19 years) the rate was 42 per cent
(Ilo, 2007).
During the liberal era, in the 90s, a series of reforms were
implemented which tended to increase deregulation of the labour
market, with consequent losses of rights. new forms of temporary
contracts were introduced, statutes of some occupations were
modified, and there was rigorous control of collective wage
agreements. other notable reforms included the implementation,
after 1996, of a system of private insurance coverage for
occupational risks. near the end of 2006 19 private companies
provided insurance coverage to 6,300,000 workers, representing
39% of all employees, and 98% of formally employed wage-earners.
These companies did not engage in any occupational accident
prevention activities. although there are records indicating high
rates of occupational accident injuries, it is impossible to analyse
these figures in terms of other variables of interest, such as type of
contract, or social class.
monetary compensation and health care received by workers
have become established as rights under the occupational risks
insurance system. However, it is impossible to determine whether
injured workers actually receive the benefits to which they are
entitled, the quality of such benefits, or their accessibility,
particularly in the case of workers living in remote interior
provinces, etc. nor are there any data regarding the efficacy of the
system in regard to correct payment of monetary compensations,
evaluations of effectiveness of job reinsertion among affected
workers, or management of relapses. participation in the field of
occupational health is scarce or non-existent, and there are no plans
to elect worker's delegates specifically for occupational health.
Even though there is no union law regulating democratic
representation in argentina, wage negotiations have achieved
considerable dynamism in recent years and, in 2005 for example,
had repercussions in achieving an increase of the basic minimum
wage. furthermore, there is no universal unemployment benefit. In
2004, for example, only 64,000 people received an unemployment
subsidy. social policies aimed at dealing with risks due to poverty
provide an allowance (of €30) to people living in poverty. In 2004
almost 2 million people received such allowances, 17 per cent of
whom were aged under 25 years, 68 per cent had no occupational
qualification, and 12 per cent had no previous job experience
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