11/08/2021 – 16:01

Representatives of employees of public companies criticized on Wednesday (11) several points of the proposal on administrative reform, which is being analyzed by a special committee of the Chamber of Deputies. In their view, the text of Proposed Constitutional Amendment (PEC) 32/20 helps to dismantle the structure of the Brazilian state in favor of “political patronage” and privatization. A public hearing was proposed by MPs Rogerio Correia (PT-MG) and Thiago Mitro (Novo-MG).

“This is the provision of social rights and national sovereignty to the market. This is the return of clientelism, political patronage and favoritism, ”said FUP spokesman Mario Alberto Dal Zot.

Dal Zot also said that the PEC could perpetuate the so-called “rift,” a practice in which an employee transfers part of what he receives to the person who pointed to him. “This must be taken into account. A worker, a civil servant will serve a politician or a boss much more than a citizen. “

Civil servants work in indirect government (mixed economy and state-owned companies) and are regulated by the Code of Labor Laws (CLT). Despite the fact that job stability is not guaranteed by law, practice shows that unfair dismissals are rare.

Civil servants, on the other hand, work in direct government (Union, states, Federal District, municipalities, autonomies, and public funds) and are governed by other laws that guarantee job stability, except for good cause layoffs.

Cecilia Garces, Vice President of the Employees Association of Banco do Brasil (Anabb), said the PEC intends to restrict rights, weaken government activities and promote privatization. “This proposal undermines collective agreements and facilitates layoffs. Servants will be held hostage by the government, and equipment for public services may appear. For her, a simple comparison with private initiative does not guarantee efficiency and does not prevent corruption.

Maria Rita Serrano of the Caixa Econômica Federal and spokesman for the National Committee for the Protection of Public Companies told the special commission that the government is using the wrong premise: the public is bad and ineffective, and the private is good and modern. “This PEC introduces a number of distortions as it always views the private sector as the best. Why did Caixa alone serve 130 million Brazilians during the pandemic, even if employees were at risk? ”He asked.

government position
Maria da Peña da Cruz, representing the Ministry of Economy, said the PEC aims not to cut costs, but to bring the civil service closer to Brazilian realities. “The text is moral in nature, corrects historical distortions. In today’s world, such a differentiated treatment of civil servants does not make sense, ”Cruz said. She stressed that the planned changes only apply to new employees.

Maria da Cruz spoke in detail about the proposals and defended, for example, a ban on certain benefits for civil servants, such as leave of more than 30 days, career growth and additional ones related to work experience, retroactive increases, and reduced working hours. without reduction of remuneration, surcharge for replacement, etc.

She also stressed that the forecast for recruiting fixed-term staff through a simplified selection process should only be tailored to specific situations (disaster, emergency, temporary needs and on-demand actions), and said that stability should not be ensured to the public. employees, neither collectively or individually, nor by regulation. “It requires equal treatment of public and private employees.”

In addition to MP Rogerio Correia, who proposed the meeting, MPs Paulo Ramos (PDT-RJ), Professor Israel Batista (PV-DF), Rui Falcao (PT-SP), Gervasio Maya (PSB-PB) and Ze Neto (PT -BA) … According to Correia, the PEC does not intend to guarantee the effectiveness of the civil service, but rather facilitates its dismantling. “If the government is concerned about distortion, it should include members of parliament, the prosecutor’s office, the Supreme Court and the military in the proposal. Here they are worried about the reduction not of benefits, but of workers’ rights, ”he said.

Gervasio Maia and Paulo Ramos advocated that the PEC text clearly state that the rules do not apply to current employees and civil servants.

CLT
Representing the National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM) at the meeting, Elena Garrido said that many courts in the country have passed decisions extending stability, legally guaranteed only to civil servants, to employees of state-owned and mixed-capital companies.

“Our position is to support recruitment from the CLT. [Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho]but without any rule of stability, not even cultural, as now, with the possibility of dismissal due to low productivity, lack of need and good reason, without the need for an administrative process, ”he said.

CNM also supports a rule that provides for temporary contracts as a way to avoid the fixed costs of the temporary needs of municipalities.

The Administrative Reform Commission was established on June 9, chaired by MP Fernando Monteiro (PP-PE). The case rapporteur is MP Arthur Oliveira Maia (DEM-BA).

House of Deputies President Arthur Lira (PP-AL) hopes to vote on the proposal in a plenary session of the House by the end of August.

Report – Murilo Sousa
Edition – Roberto Sibra