Ministry of Work, Employment, and Social Security

Ministry of Work, Employment, and Social Security
Ministry of Work, Employment, and Social Security
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Ministry overview
Formed 17 May 1936
Jurisdiction Bolivia
Headquarters 234 Yanacocha at Mercado, La Paz
Minister responsible Daniel Santalla Torres,
Minister of Work, Employment, and Social Security
Child agencies Vice-Ministry of Work and Social Security
Vice-Ministry of Employment, Civil Service, and Cooperatives
Website
Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social

The Ministry of Work, Employment, and Social Security (Spanish: Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social) is a Bolivian government ministry which oversees labor relations, pensions and social security programs. Since 2 June 2011, it has been headed by Minister Daniel Santalla Torres, a politician and former factory union leader. He succeeded Félix Rojas in the position.[1]

The Ministry was founded by the government of Germán Busch during his first brief appearance as president. Indeed it was formed on the same day as the bloodless military coup that brought him to power. Under the "military socialism" of Presidents Busch and David Toro, the Labor Ministry articulated a labor code and propelled mass unionization of Bolivian workers. The appointment of Waldo Álvarez, a printing worker and Secretary General of the Federación Obrera de Trabajadores, to be the first Minister of Labor began a long tradition of trade unionists leading the Ministry. The ministry was known as the Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Health (Spanish: Ministerio del Trabajo, Prevision Social y Salubridad) until the creation of a Public Health Ministry (Spanish: Ministerio de Sanidad Pública) in 1938.[2]

The Ministry's organizational structure was last set by Chapter XV of Supreme Decree 29894, issued by President Evo Morales on 7 February 2009.[3] Its organizational hierarchy is as follows:

  • Vice-Ministry of Work and Social Security
    • General Directorate of Work, Hygiene, and Occupational Safety
    • General Directorate of Social Security Policy (Spanish: Políticas de Previsión Social)
    • General Directorate of Trade Union Issues
  • Vice-Ministry of Employment, Civil Service, and Cooperatives — Vice Minister Ing. Luis Gonzalo Cornejo Hernández
    • General Directorate of Employment
    • General Directorate of Civil Service
    • General Directorate of Cooperatives

The General Directorate of Social Security Policy is charged with unifying Bolivia's retirement and social security systems into a single unified system.

References

  1. ^ Salinas, J.C.; F. Rojas (2011-06-03). "Cambian al ministro de Trabajo por sospecha de varios delitos". El Deber. http://www.eldeber.com.bo/2011/2011-06-03/vernotaahora.php?id=110603013213. Retrieved 2011-06-03. 
  2. ^ Zulawski, Ann (2007). Unequal cures: public health and political change in Bolivia, 1900-1950. Duke University Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780822339168. 
  3. ^ Supreme Decree 29894, 7 February 2009.

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