{"id":33224,"date":"2021-08-31T18:53:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T18:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&#038;p=33224"},"modified":"2021-09-02T14:11:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T14:11:35","slug":"how-the-mini-labor-reform-affects-the-fight-against-slave-labor","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/how-the-mini-labor-reform-affects-the-fight-against-slave-labor\/","title":"How the \u2018mini labor reform\u2019 affects the fight against slave labor","content":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_1\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Federal Senate is scheduled to vote this Wednesday, September 1, on Provisional Measure No. 1045 that weakens labor oversight and punishment of cases of contemporary slavery. The measure also permits, among other things, the reduction of salaries and employment contracts without labor rights. Since all Provisional Measures have an expiry date, the deadline for the Senate to vote is September 7, otherwise the bill loses validity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The so-called Mini Labor Reform bill was submitted by the Presidency and it creates the New Emergency Program for the Maintenance of Employment and Income. It is defended by allies of the federal government as a means to help employers during the Covid-19 pandemic. In practice, it undermines labor rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Read more:&nbsp;<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/in-letter-organizations-condemn-bill-that-undermines-labor-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In letter to Senate head, organizations condemn bill that undermines labor rights<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/how-brazilian-law-defines-labour-analogous-to-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How contemporary slavery is defined under Brazilian law<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/federal-supreme-court-decides-dirty-list-on-slave-labour-to-be-maintained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supreme Court orders maintenance of slave labor \u201cDirty List\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Lower House of Congress, lawmakers added several riders to the bill. Amendments that have little to do with the subject matter of the measure include changes to labor oversight. According to the version approved in the Lower House, employers can only be fined for violating labor laws after two visits by the labor inspectors. According to an article by the NGO Rep\u00f3rter Brasil, the double-visit rule is valid even for \u201cserious violations, such as breaches of health and safety standards (that put workers at risk of illness and accidents)\u201d.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The text of the Provisional Measure<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">states that \u201cirregularities directly related to the situation\u201d of slavery would be excluded from this double-visit rule. However, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/conectas.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Nota-tecnica-MP-1045-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">technical report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> released by members of the Office of the Public Prosecutor for Labor Issues has noted that this point violates the Federal Constitution because \u201csince the bond of slave labor is the result of a crime by the employer, there is no labor irregularity regarding the victim that is not directly related to this criminal practice\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Undermined oversight&nbsp;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The measure also states that \u201cif repeated irregularities or serious occupational accidents or illnesses are detected in a given economic sector or geographic region\u201d, the labor inspection must conduct \u201ctechnical instructional visits, scheduled in advance\u201d and, in these situations, the employers cannot be fined.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office of the Public Prosecutor for Labor Issues said this point undermines the effectiveness of the labor inspection, \u201cwhich could encourage illegalities and increase occupational accidents, deaths and illnesses\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Fernanda Drummond, an advisor for the Defense of Socioenvironmental Rights program at Conectas, if these measures are approved, cases of child labor and contemporary slavery could increase in Brazil. \u201cThe changes could encourage many employers to impose degrading conditions on their workers given the expectation that they will be unlikely to be punished. In this context, we know that black and poor people will be the main victims\u201d.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between 1995 and 2020, more than 55,000 people were freed from contemporary slavery in Brazil, and agriculture, civil construction and clothing were the sectors with the most recorded cases, according to data from the Economy Ministry\u2019s Special Department of Social Security and Labor.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Lack of social participation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/in-letter-organizations-condemn-bill-that-undermines-labor-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">letter to the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, civil society organizations stated that the Provisional Measure \u201cis an attack on the fundamental rights of the working class and creates loopholes for the worsening of working conditions [\u2026] and for the weakening of important labor protection mechanisms that currently exist in our legal system\u201d.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The signatories of the letter also explained that the text was approved without public participation, in particular representatives of workers and bodies that combat labor irregularities. As such, Congress is attempting to make a structural change without broad debate with society, in particular worker representatives. The letter is signed by Conectas, the Rural Workers Alliance of the State of Minas Gerais, the National Confederation of Salaried Rural Workers and Oxfam Brasil, among others.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The attempts to dismantle the structure to combat slave labor in Brazil have been recorded in a UN report in 2020. According to the document entitled \u201cImpact of the coronavirus disease pandemic on contemporary forms of slavery and slavery-like practices\u201d, Brazil\u2019s Special Mobile Inspection Group, a body that reports to the Economy Ministry tasked with investigating allegations of forced labor, \u201csignificantly reduced its operations, while vulnerability to labor exploitation and abuse has been increasing\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"tts__custom-position_bottom_fixed\" ><\/div>","excerpt":"<p>The Federal Senate is scheduled to vote this Wednesday, September 1, on Provisional Measure No. 1045 that weakens labor oversight and punishment of 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