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Chamber dispatches public sector salary adjustment to Senate rejecting tie-down norms
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The Chamber of Deputies approved and dispatched the public sector readjustment bill to the Senate, including a gradual 3.4% salary increase. However, it rejected the controversial 'tie-down norms' pushed by the government, which plans to reintroduce them in the Upper House. Opposition lawmakers criticized the lack of clear funding for part of the fiscal cost.
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The Senate's Finance Committee started reviewing the public sector readjustment bill, presented by Finance Minister Nicolás Grau. Deputies approved a 3.4% gradual salary increase but rejected the 'tie-breaker norm' aimed at greater job stability. Opposition anticipates rejecting that provision again in the Senate.