The minister says that low TSU does not violate the agreements on the left – TVI24

Neither one thing, nor another. The minister of Labour rejects that the reduction of the Unique Social tax (TSU) put into question the agreements with the parties to the left, that against what they say they have been a Christmas gift to the bosses, at the same time that the refusal that the Government is making an "subsidies" to businesses with this measure.

This reduction has always existed. There is in the national space and exists in space international. (…) I don’t think that is a subsidisation".

in A conference promoted by the online journal ECHO, in Lisbon, the minister said that this measure is extraordinary and transient, admitting that "the Assembly of the Republic may always request the assessment of qualifications". "I’m not convinced that this will happen, I do not think that conditions in the Assembly of the Republic for there to be a change", pointed out however.

first of all, let us understand about what we’re talking about here in terms of values. Listening to some commentators we are left with the idea that who is going to pay the minimum wage of workers are the taxpayers. [in 2017] the revenue with TSU are likely to be around 15 billion euros. We are talking about a reduction that is expected to be around 40 million, but also an increase of another 40 million [with the minimum wage increase]“.

it Was last Thursday that the Government and social partners reached an agreement on the increase of the national minimum wage to 557 euros in January, the pair of the descent of the TSU paid by companies by 1.25 percentage points, which has prompted criticism of the left parties that support the executive.

The Left Block will ask for the parliamentary consideration of the reduction of the TSU for the companies to be a “bonuses given to the bosses” paid for by taxpayers. The CFP says that the Government gave in to the blackmail of businessmen and admits to vote on the revocation of that standard.

The journalists strengthened after that "the Government has not made any reduction of the TSU of the definitive form and structure, since that "this is a transitional measure that has already happened other times in the past," not thus putting in question the agreements for parliamentary parties of the left.