Americas

Americas

Code
AME
Region type
Official

Inter-Harvest Programme

Temporary agricultural workers are affected by diverse vulnerability conditions: job insecurity, seasonality in their tasks, high turnover rates, internal and external migration, and the lack of registry that deprives them from social security. This situation is compounded by the weather contingencies that can threaten the crops and, hence, the revenue.

Productive Recovery Programme

The need to maintain employment levels in order to avoid the social and economic consequences of massive unemployment was extrapolated in the creation of a Programme for employment support.

This Programme was created within the scope of the National Employment Emergency (in force since 2002) to support and promote genuine employment, in spite of the economic slowdown and the crisis experiences by certain geographic areas.

Integrated solution for the selection of cases to audit social security contributions with a predictive model

In order to be more efficient and effective in detecting irregularities and fraud, the Social Insurance Bank (Banco de Previsión Social (BPS)) has built an integrated solution based on the use of modeling techniques and predictive analysis to select taxpayers to be audited (Integrated Solution for the Selection of Cases to Monitor or Solución Integral de Selección de Casos a Fiscalizar (SISCA)).

Automatized payment for breastfeeding grant

Article 10 of the Constitution of Peru acknowledges and entitles the progressive and universal right of every person to social security. Within this scope, the Act Nº 26790 Modernizing Social Security for Health was enacted, based on the constitutional principles that acknowledge the right to welfare and entitles people to the free access to the services provided by public, private or mixed entities.

Digital management of medical procedures

Medical committees issue decisions determining the percentage of disability caused by occupational accidents or diseases. Moreover they intervene in the cases of discrepancies over treatment or advice concerning return to work, and to determine the occupational nature of an accident. The management model used is entirely digital and provides a simple, effective and rapid tool for workers, reducing the time taken to process each step and offering the possibility of providing medical consultations when the application is made by the worker, thereby improving the service.

System of Social Security Obligations Calculation - Inspection Certificate Module

The new software tool called "System of Social Security Obligations Calculation (Sistema de Cálculo de Obligaciones de la Seguridad Social (SiCOSS)) - Inspection Certificate Module" streamlines the collection and distribution of social security contributions debt from inspection.

This tool makes the processes of debt determination and notification, in the area of social security funds, faster and simpler.

Digital Certificate of Earned Income

Web application that allows salaried workers to obtain an official certificate of their incomes, validated by the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP)). Workers can use this certificate, issued by the national Government, as a proof of income, presenting it as a backup on loans, rent or warranty. Moreover, the receiving entity (business, bank, etc.) can check the certificate online at the AFIP website and confirm its veracity.

Minimum worker indicators for auditing - New instrument to create a perception of risk

One of the main problems in our society is undeclared employment, with the consequences that it entails, especially in its impact on the most vulnerable sectors of society.

This problem raised the need to develop new auditing instruments to contribute effectively to the fight against informality and social exclusion. One of these instruments is the implementation of Minimum Worker Indicators (Indicadores Mínimos de Trabajadores (IMT)), which contributes to social inclusion.