The government’s proposal to amend labor laws under the Decent Work Agenda and nearly two dozen labor projects of the PCP, BE, Livre and PAN are discussed this Friday in general in Parliament.
The government’s proposal went to Parliament in early June without the consent of the Social Dialogue, despite the fact that the executive branch abandoned the original document (discussed in the previous legislature with BE and PCP during the negotiations on the state budget, which ended in case of failure) such measures, as an increase in the cost of overtime hours, in accordance with the requirements of the employers’ confederations.
Among the measures proposed by the government are restrictions on the renewal of temporary employment contracts, as well as strengthening the role of the Office of Working Conditions (ACT).
The document also provides for an extension of compensation up to 24 days a year in the event of termination of a fixed-term employment contract, fixed or indefinite, and intends to accelerate the process of turning fixed-term contracts into permanent ones.
The criminalization of undeclared work for social security, the punishment of companies in the context of public tenders and state support is another of the measures envisaged.
The government also proposes the presumption of an employment contract within digital platforms “when certain characteristics are defined in the relationship between the provider of an activity and the operator of a digital platform or other beneficiary, natural or legal person acting on it.”
In the area of collective bargaining, the executive’s proposal removes the earlier rule that called for the suspension of collective agreements until 2024, but enhances the role of arbitration in assessing grounds for termination.
In addition to the government proposal, four bills from the PKP, eight from BE, two from Livre and three from PAN are discussed in the plenary.
PCP and BE are pushing for the replacement of overtime pay and the principle of more favorable treatment, the removal of collective bargaining expiration dates, among other proposals calling for the reversal of work changes from the Troika period.
In turn, Livre proposes to expand parental rights under the Labor Code, strengthening children’s rights and gender equality, and also defends 35 hours a week.
PAN, on the other hand, suggests absenteeism due to menstrual pain, modifications to absenteeism due to gestational mourning, and measures to increase parental protection.
On Wednesday, BE Coordinator Katarina Martins announced in Parliament a general abstention from the Decent Work Agenda proposal, warning that she would vote no in the final vote if the government’s “dangerous and unacceptable” retreat on digital platforms continues.
In turn, on Tuesday, PS parliamentary leader Eurico Brillante Diaz said that the socialists are “actively involved” in “contributing to the improvement” of the Decent Work Agenda for the specialty, considering it “a central reform for the evaluation of youth work.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
