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In this article, we explore how the possible approval of the PEC for reduced working hours for 4×3 can boost the use of mechanized and automated labor in Brazilian companies. Understand how this change can help companies maintain productivity and reduce costs, but also the negative effects of this replacement on job creation and the labor market in Brazil.
If this PEC END OF THE 6X1 SCALE is approved, it is very likely that many companies, especially large ones, consider investing even more in mechanized or automated labor to reduce your dependence on a larger workforce.
This trend occurs because automation can be an efficient alternative to maintain productivity and, at the same time, mitigate the high labor costs that a reduced working day, such as 4×3, would impose.
In Brazil, where the labor charges and operating costs are already high, automation appears as a solution to minimize the financial impact of the new work scale.
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Machines and robots do not have labor rights
Exactly! Machines and robots do not have labor rights, which is one of the main reasons why companies may opt for automation instead of expanding its human workforce, especially if the PEC that reduces the working day to 4×3 is approved.
Robots and automated systems do not require salaries, benefits, vacations, FGTS or INSS. They are also not subject to labor regulations and can operate uninterruptedly, increasing productivity without the additional burdens that human employees generate.
For this reason, for many companies, automation can be an attractive way to reduce dependence on a costly and tightly regulated workforce. However, this intensive substitution can result in a significant loss of jobs for less-skilled workers, opening a new debate about the social sustainability of an increasingly automated labor market.
Replacing human labor with robotics is inevitable
With technology becoming increasingly accessible, sectors such as manufacturing, logistics and even services could opt for robots and automated systems to ensure continuous production without having to hire so many additional employees.
On the other hand, this can have a negative impact on job creation, since mechanized labor replaces positions that were previously occupied by people.
This effect, in the long term, may reduce employment opportunities and mainly impact less qualified workers. Thus, although automation brings cost and efficiency advantages to companies, its expansion in response to the PEC may widen the gap between available jobs and the workforce in need of employment in the country.
Do you think technological advances would offset this job loss in the long run?
The threats and whining have begun. It will continue to automate until the consumer market itself is destroyed.
People **** will produce for whoever buys it? The machines? Only if it is... machines do not have labor rights but they do not eat, do not wear clothes, do not consume culture, they save on expenses but will not have anyone to sell to, robotization should be a complement and not a replacement.
An example is agriculture, where people only drive big cars and use machines that do the work of 100 people. Many of these people run to the big city in search of work, and then the city starts to grow in a disorganized way. The only ones who benefit are the businessmen and the government, of course. What is missing is for the people to get together and force the government to ask many companies to reduce automation and update machines that take away jobs from many. I bet that would improve the country's situation a lot, because there would be more people working, and the crime rate would decrease. It would also be good for the government and for companies, because consumption would increase. It's a shame that they don't see this, because greed speaks louder.
Exactly
Biased and shallow material.
Automation is a trend with or without a PEC that aims to change the 6×1 scale regime. So much so that in many activities this has been practiced for some time, such as the automobile industry, and is practiced in countries with different labor regimes and policies.
Another example?
The automation of customer service in service companies, and this automation will be increasingly used with the implementation of AIs.
So to come and practice “psychological terrorism” as if we should either keep the working day at the current levels or opt for the use of machines instead of human employees is, at the very least, a lack of intellectual honesty. This replacement has been happening for some time now, and without any reduction in the working day. On the contrary, it persists, even with the relaxation of labor laws, instituted by Temer’s interim government.
But if automation and robotization can clean the bathrooms of ladies who think it is outrageous that their maid has any labor rights, then I support the change just to see if the ladies can be diacriminatory and exploitative with Alexia. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Very good!
Hahaha. Another biased article from an exploitative businessman. All major changes in favor of workers were preceded by apocalyptic scenarios by the bourgeoisie. End of slavery. End of child labor. The bourgeoisie never wanted it, but guess what, the world keeps turning.
If you replace the workforce with robots, there will be more unemployed people and who will you sell to if the people will all have no money? You can automate and fire everyone if you want, I want to see later find a customer with money to buy. It's up to each one...
It is already being replaced and will continue, regardless of the PEC.