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Buenos Aires City Opens Voluntary Retirement Plan Under Decree 83

The move seeks to shrink the traditional bureaucracy, redirecting hiring toward technology-focused roles.

Overview

  • Decree 83, signed by Mayor Jorge Macri, Finance Minister Gustavo Arengo and Chief of Cabinet Gabriel Sánchez Zinny, establishes a voluntary retirement regime for permanent staff in the City’s Administration Career.
  • Eligible employees must be at least 45 years old, have a minimum of five years of service, and hold at least one year in a permanent position.
  • The incentive is non-remunerative, paid in consecutive monthly installments for up to 48 months, and calculated on the worker’s usual net monthly pay excluding the semiannual bonus (aguinaldo) and other non-monthly items.
  • Applications can be rejected for service needs or disciplinary reasons, workers in critical posts are barred, those 65 or older by December 31, 2026 who qualify for a pension cannot join, and participants face a five-year ban on re-entering city employment.
  • The application window runs from March through May 31, 2026 with possible extension by the Human Resources Subsecretariat, in line with a multi-year reform that has already eliminated over 10,000 political and advisory contracts since 2024.