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Deputies advance a proposal that changes Social Security rules and allows earlier retirement for those who work in dangerous conditions, with new minimum ages and full benefit calculation.
The proposal that reduces the minimum age for special retirement of workers exposed to agents harmful to health took another step forward in Congress.
The Committee on Social Security, Assistance, Childhood, Adolescence and Family of the Chamber of Deputies approved the complementary bill (PLP) that amends the Social Security Benefits Act and promises to return rights lost with the 2019 pension reform.
The approved text provides for new minimum ages — 40, 45 and 48 years — depending on the degree of risk and the time of exposure to harmful agents, set at 15, 20 and 25 years, respectively.
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Today, the minimum age is 55, 58, and 60. The proposal also raises the retirement value to 100% of the average contributions, correcting the current model that starts at 60% and gradually increases with the contribution time.
The rapporteur, deputy Pastor Eurico (PL-PE), presented a new text based on the deputy's original project Alberto Fraga (PL-DF), including suggestions from the Working Committee.
According to him, "it is essential that legislation include professionals exposed to abnormal atmospheric pressure, such as aeronautics. Social Security already recognizes work in hypobaric conditions as special."
The new subamendment expands the concept of special activity, now also including those that put the worker's physical integrity at risk, in addition to direct exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents.
Professions like radiology technicians, agricultural and environmental inspection agents, traffic agents and emergency transport professionals fall into this category.
Exposure categories and minimum time
The project defines specific rules according to the type of risk and the duration of exposure. For workers in the General Social Security Regime (RGPS), the criteria are as follows:
15 years — underground mining at the production front;
20 years — underground mining away from the production front or activities with exposure to asbestos;
25 years — metallurgy; aeronauts exposed to abnormal pressure; radiology technicians subject to ionizing radiation; agricultural or environmental inspectors and inspectors in constant contact with dangerous biological agents and unhealthy environments.
Furthermore, the text recognizes as special work activities involving risk constant, such as overt and patrimonial surveillance, transportation of valuables, municipal guard, inspection and road patrol, in addition to professionals who operate electrical power systems and those who transport patients, organs or hospital supplies in emergency situations.
For all these cases, it will be necessary to prove that the exposure is permanent and not occasional.
Next stages
The proposal will still go through the committees of Finance and Taxation quality Constitution and Justice and Citizenship (CCJ) before going to the Plenary. If approved by the Chamber, it will be forwarded to the Senate.
If it becomes law, the change could benefit thousands of professionals who work in risky conditions and currently face rules considered unfair by the profession.
The text seeks to reestablish a balance between the social protection and the reality of those who perform functions that compromise their health over the years.
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