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02/02/2015
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Changes in pension benefits will increase business costs; sickness is the main one
The changes that the federal government intends to implement in pension and employee benefits such as unemployment insurance, death benefits, salary bonuses and sick should bring increased costs for companies in the sectors of industry, trade and services and hence transfer of prices for the end consumer. The amendments were sent to Congress by the Provisional Measures 664 and 665 at the end of last year and awaiting approval of parliamentarians. The change that affects businesses is the sickness. So far, companies have to bear the cost of 15 days' pay before the INSS when the employee needs a clearance to health care. If the new measures are adopted, entrepreneurs will have to bear a cost of 30 days.
"It will represent increased costs and create a ripple effect," said the president of the Federation of Industries of Paraná (Fiep), Edson Campagnolo. He believes that, at first, the tendency is to increase the requests for removal of officials. He predicts that those costs are passed on to the consumer. "It is unfortunate that to happen," he said.
According to Campagnolo, microentrepreneurs who work in the industrial sector will be impacted more strongly to because most of these companies have two to three employees.
The president of Paraná Trade Federation (Fecomércio-PR), Darci Piana, changes in sickness will bring increased costs and major problems. He also believes that micro-entrepreneurs is to be the hardest hit. Outsourced security services companies, cleaning and maintenance will also be greatly affected, he said. "There will be passing on costs to the end consumer with absolute certainty," he said.
He recalled that this cost will be added to increases in electricity, the rise in VAT in Paraná, the fuel, the Cide on gasoline, which can even lead to layoffs in the trade. All this should reflect in sales decrease in the commercial sector.
The graduate of the deputy coordinator in Economic Development of the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Alexandre Alves Porsse also believes that occurs immediate impact of rising business costs. On the positive side, he said, is that companies will implement greater control of absenteeism due to health issues. He believes that in the long term, ie after a period of two years, companies can manage to lower these costs. However, immediately, there should be a price increase to the final consumer.
The Economics course coordinator at the Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Charlemagne Bittencourt, said that with the changes of the sickness, the federal government is transferring its power to the private sector. However, he believes there will be more responsibility of companies in the medical licenses. He predicts that it will increase costs and that there will be transfer to the prices. Bittencourt believes that now companies will be more stringent in recruiting and should invest more in preventive medicine.
Andrea Bertoldi
Source: web sheet
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