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14/01/2013
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Government decides to pass only the correction of inflation to unemployment benefits, last year,
The values of unemployment insurance this year will have a smaller adjustment than that granted in 2012. In accordance with a resolution of the Board of the Fund for Workers (Codefat), published on Friday in the Official Gazette, the increase will be 6.2%, compared to 14.1% last year. The adjustment raises the ceiling Aid 1 163.76 1 235.90 reais for real.
According to the resolution, the correction should note the change in the National Index of Consumer Prices (INPC), calculated by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and released on Thursday. The government dismissed the calculation basis used last year, which, besides inflation, saw economic growth of readjustment.
To decide the value of the aid, the government considers the average salary for the period of employment - up to 1 090,43 reais; 1 090,44 reais to 1 817.56 reais, and above 1 817.57 reais. The adjustment will be applied to these three salary ranges that form the benefit calculation. Unemployment insurance can be requested by the employee was not fired for cause and who has worked with signed by at least six months.
With change in the formula, the government saves R$ 700 million
The change in the formula for adjustment of unemployment this year will generate savings of R$ 700 million to the coffers of the Worker Support Fund (FAT). The information was released Friday by the Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Marcelo Aguiar. According to him, who also chairs the Advisory Board of FAT (Codefat), the change in methodology occurred to preserve the sustainability of the fund.
For over ten years the calculation was made based on the minimum wage, for the three ranges of benefits. If the criterion was maintained, the increase in 2013 was 9% for all beneficiaries, but Codefat chose to apply this year only the INPC 2012 - 6.2% - the two upper bands of unemployment insurance, workers who receive higher wages. "With this difference of 2.8 percentage points, the savings will be R$ 700 million," said Aguiar.
The secretary added that the decision was made to preserve the balance of the accounts of FAT. "The real gain of the minimum wage has increased spending on unemployment insurance over the past few years, and because of that we are discussing some actions to balance revenues and expenditures.'s A concern about the sustainability of the fund," he said.
Of the approximately 7.7 million beneficiaries, only 30% are in the bands that will be corrected by the INPC, "he said Aguiar.
The secretary also noted that the policy of unemployment insurance is not limited to the payment of the benefit, but also became integrated with measures of qualification and intermediation of labor. According to the Labor Department, the cost of paying unemployment insurance Real were down about 2% in 2012 compared to the previous year, which meant a saving of around R$ 540 million.
Source: WATCH ONLINE
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