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The government's economic team also wants incentives for the qualification of 4,4 million unemployed and self-employed workers.
The release of up to R$ 65 billion for companies to combat unemployment is being studied by the government. This money would come from the release of so-called appeal deposits, an amount that companies need to reserve with the Labor Court to appeal labor claims. Meet the 9 state-owned companies that will be privatized governo hair.
Appeal deposits are a mechanism for companies and workers who file appeals in the Labor Court to honor the costs of the process, in case of defeat. The idea under study is to allow this flexibility for the stock of resources prior to the labor reform.
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The measure would be a way to give the productive sector an extra breath, while the government is unable to put into practice its plan to guarantee a “job shock”, through payroll exemption. The Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, defends the end of the contribution on wages – today at 20% – to reduce costs for employers.
The tax would be replaced by a tribute along the lines of the CPMF, but this plan depends on the approval of Congress, which is already showing resistance to the idea. According to the minister, the government wants “lower taxes” to promote the creation of new jobs.”
At the moment, technicians from the Ministry of Economy are studying ways to qualify 4,4 million people in up to four years. Emprega+ should cost around R$ 8 billion. The idea is that workers have access to “vouchers” to participate in qualification courses.
The resources must come from part of the S System transfers. Today, the government already has qualification mechanisms, but the evaluation of the members of the ministry is that they are not very efficient. Pronatec, for example, is one of the programs that should be reformulated, according to a source.
The design is still being prepared. In addition to a program open to everyone, the team is also studying a measure to deal with long-term unemployment. Today, according to the most recent data from the IBGE, Brazil has 12,7 million unemployed people. Of this total, 3,3 million have been looking for a job for two years or more.
The effort to improve qualification programs would be complemented by other measures, such as a reformulation of Sine, the government's official job search system.
The measures were forwarded to the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, and are still under analysis. The idea is to present them all in one package.
Decreasing unemployment is a campaign promise by President Jair Bolsonaro, but, given the slow recovery of the economy, the data still do not show a reaction from the labor market. In July, the unemployment rate dropped to 11,8%.
