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Six in Ten Argentine Salaried Workers Skip Meals at Work, UCA Survey Finds

A recent labor reform creates a non-remunerative path for employer food benefits, though uptake remains optional.

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Overview

  • A national UCA–Edenred survey of 1,171 formal employees finds 83.5% face workday food deprivation and only 16.5% report none.
  • Some 61.1% skip meals for economic reasons and 78.5% downgrade nutrition, with 56.2% experiencing both forms simultaneously.
  • Nearly 22.6% do not eat during the workday, a share that reaches about 50.1% in the Northeast, and 70.7% of 18–29-year-olds report skipping meals.
  • Only 44.4% receive employer food support, a benefit concentrated among higher earners, larger companies and the private sector.
  • Researchers flag health and productivity risks linked to poor workday eating and point to prepaid cards or nearby merchant networks as tools enabled by the new law.