The Federal Public Revenue Administration (AFIP) detected 100% informal employment and unhealthy working conditions in textile workshops, following a series of operations carried out in establishments located in the Buenos Aires neighborhoods of Flores and Parque Chacabuco.
Inspectors of the agency found 40 unregistered employees of Bolivian, Paraguayan and Peruvian nationality who carried out their tasks without any safety measures, exposed to potential accidents of all kinds.
Among the irregularities were faulty electrical installations, outdated fire extinguishers and security cameras to monitor workers, whose work days reached 12 hours. In addition, they received wages below the collective agreement.
All the establishments were run by a family of Korean origin.
Following the irregularities detected, proceeded to close one of the workshops giving intervention to the National Court of Economic Criminal Matters on duty, headed by Dr. Marcelo Aguinsky, who endorsed the decision taken by the AFIP until the employer regularized his situation, which later occurred. It is worth highlighting the quick and firm intervention of the Court in its jurisdiction.
The AFIP presented to the Court a complaint for reduction to servitude, based on the testimony of the workers, the long working hours and the precarious conditions in which they carried out their tasks.
Due to the situation found, both the National Directorate of Migration and the Directorate of Safety and Hygiene of the GCBA were involved.
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