Argentina : record salary increase for the banking sector

In the throes of economic recession, and amid widespread uncertainty, Argentina’s banking sector has just signed a ‘Super-agreement’, or ‘Record-agreement’ that updates and revalues salaries (paritaria), taking the 2019 year-to-date rise to an inflation-matching 50%. This latest increase raises the sector’s salary floor to more than three times the minimum salary. The agreement comes at a time of broadly generous salary increases for workers within the banking sector.

Through . Published on 09 October 2019 à 11h33 - Update on 22 October 2019 à 15h57

In terms of the finer details, the agreement was signed during the week of September 30 and intends for a 10% increase, backdated to September, a 5% increase for October, and a 5% increase for November. The previous July increase raised salaries by 30%. This latest salary revaluation is the result of the ‘trigger-clause’ (claúsula gatillo) that intends for updates if salaries fall behind inflation.…

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