Intermittent Contracts in the Offshore Oil and Gas Sector – Advantages and Disadvantages

Since the Labor Reform Came into Effect in 2017, the Intermittent Work Contract Regime Has Been Causing Insecurity Among Professionals Throughout Brazil. Understand How It Is Applied in Practice

The intermittent work contract or intermittent work came to Brazil with the labor reform of Nov/2017. The company signs the professional’s wallet as intermittent, and the employee is paid for hours or days worked. This method is widely used by companies that Perform Maintenance Outages, especially in the oil sector.

Advantages for Companies

For the employer, it is that they can make use of this modality for ‘peak’ periods. Restaurant owners, for example, have higher traffic on weekends. For both parties, this intermittent contract has made negotiations freer and consequently fairer. The employer has up to 2 days to call the employee to work, who may or may not accept the job according to their availability.

Advantages for the Employee

Have you ever thought that the intermittent work contract could be your gateway back to the job market? The intermittent contract is here to stay.

Linliana Gurgel, HR Coordinator remembers that in Sep/18, she called a candidate offering a job, but he did not accept it due to it being an intermittent contract. Today, some professionals hired in the intermittent format have been transferred to fixed contracts (of course, this will depend on necessity). However, this same candidate sent her a message stating that he has still not been reemployed.

Is It Good for Those Who Work Offshore 14 x 14?

Yes and no! The rights are the same: boarding supplements (on-call and danger pay), 13th salary, proportional vacation, a day off for each day on board, etc. What differentiates it is that, if there is no work, there will also be nothing to receive. The remuneration of the intermittent contract is according to the service rendered, which can create a sense of insecurity.

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