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13/03/2013
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Proposal will be voted on Wednesday Photo: File / Roberto Stuckert Filho
The Proposed Amendment to the Constitution 66/2012 (the PEC Domestic) - the category that extends rights already guaranteed to other workers - will be the first item on the agenda of the Voting Committee on Constitution, Justice and Citizenship (CCJ) Senate today. If approved, the text immediately follows to the floor of the House, where it will be voted on in two shifts.
Senator Lidice da Mata (PSB-BA), the rapporteur's proposal that the CCJ said yesterday, the Agency Senate, will suggest that the adoption of the text seamlessly, came as the House of Representatives, "to give agility to vote this important agenda. "
Lidice da Mata also stated that changes will correct a historical distortion, which is the discriminatory treatment at home. "The PEC includes 17 sections in Article 7 of the Constitution as rights that domestic workers are having. It is also important due to the fight against child labor, which unfortunately is a reality within the domestic labor market, "said the senator, referring to the device that prohibits the exploitation of labor of children under 16 years.
Brazil currently has about seven million domestic, of which 93% are women. Only about two million have formal, as required by law. On Wednesday last, the celebrations for International Women's Day, the Senate President Renan, PEC promised to approve by the end of March.
At the time of the vote in the Chamber of Deputies, which happened last year, the proposal has recorded only two dissenting votes, the parliamentary Jair Bolsonaro (PP-RJ) and Vanderlei Sirach (PT-SP).
What provides the PEC of Home:
- The working hours shall be 44 hours per week, with a maximum of eight hours per day.
- Where exceed the eight-hour day, overtime pay will amount to 50% above the wage / hour normal.
- The Deposit Guarantee Fund for Length of Service (FGTS), which is now voluntary, will become mandatory for employers.
- The Maid will be entitled to the guarantee fund to be fired without cause, retirement, presenting a serious illness or being unemployed for more than three years.
- Also will be mandatory fine of 40% of the FGTS in case of unfair dismissal.
- The monthly compensation can never be less than the minimum wage. In Rio, the flooring category is R$ 802.53.
- The text also states that it is forbidden any kind of discrimination based on sex, age, color, disability or marital status at the time of hire or fire a maid.
Source: Extra - Online
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