Studies of the economic area that restrict unemployment insurance to save resources for Income Brazil | economy

The study, according to Waldery Rodrigues, foresees two possibilities:

• greatest need, that is, the minimum time of service for the worker to be entitled to the benefit;
• reduction of the number of plots to turn off.

According to current regulations, the first order can be made after 12 months of work, and the insurance is distributed between three and five installments.

“We are looking at the scarcity or the number of quotas. These are more important and suitable elements for analysis. […] Enlarge [a carência] for 15 months, 20 months, 24 months, unemployment insurance expenses are also reduced ”, declared Waldery Rodrigues to G1.

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Extending the period to apply for unemployment insurance makes it difficult to access the benefit and, therefore, reduces the total amount spent per year on these payments. The same happens if there is a cut in the number of plots.

If approved, the measures would come into effect at a time of increased demand for unemployment insurance, due to the effects of the new coronavirus pandemic on the Brazilian economy.

In the first seven months of this year, unemployment insurance claims totaled 4,521,163, an increase of 11% compared to the same period in 2019.

The idea of ​​promoting changes in unemployment insurance, according to the Ministry of Economy, could be included in the PEC of the Federative Pact, reported by Senator Márcio Bittar (MDB-AC) in Congress. The issue is being discussed with the senator, who has not yet presented the report.

Wanted for G1Bittar said, through the press office, that it is waiting for more information from the economic team to evaluate whether or not it will include these changes in the report that will be analyzed by Congress.

According to current regulations, the worker who worked under the CLT regime and was dismissed without just cause, including indirect dismissal, is entitled to unemployment insurance – when there is a serious misconduct by the employer on the employee, setting a reason for the employee breaks the bond. .

The benefit can also be claimed if the contract was suspended for participation in a professional qualification program offered by the employer, the professional fisherman during the closed period, and the worker rescued from the condition similar to that of a slave.

The maximum value of the unemployment insurance contributions is now R $ 1,813.03 this year. The amount received by the dismissed worker depends on the average salary of the last three months prior to dismissal.

However, the value of the fee cannot be less than the current minimum wage (R $ 1,045). The worker receives between three and five quotas, depending on the time worked. There will be three trial installments between 6 and 12 months; four trial installments between 12 and 24 months, and five trial installments during 24 months of work.

Adjustments to unemployment insurance are being studied, according to Waldery Rodrigues, to help implement the new social program under study, Renda Brasil, which has been called Bolsa Família “driven”.

This is because planned spending for 2021 is already within the limit authorized by the ceiling rule, which caps spending at the previous year’s inflation rate. Therefore, for new expenses to be authorized, others must be canceled.

According to the Ministry of Economy, the annual expenditure on unemployment insurance totals around R $ 40 billion. In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to increase this cost to R $ 44 billion, according to government estimates.

In addition to changes in unemployment insurance, the Ministry of Economy also supports that, to make Renda Brasil feasible, private sector pensions and benefits go up to two years without adjustment.

The last changes in unemployment insurance were made in 2015, under the presidency of Dilma Rousseff.

At that time, the government proposed that the worker would have to have 18 months of service, in the previous 24 months, to be entitled to the first claim for the benefit. In Congress, however, that requirement was lowered to 12 months, a rule that still applies today.