A government is antisocial when its entire economic policy is geared to serving the interests of the economically and politically dominant classes. The anti-social character of the Michel Temer government manifests itself, above all, in its proposals for labor reform and outsourcing policy in the labor market, as well as reform of Social Security.

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MICHEL TEMER GOVERNMENT THE MOST ANTI-SOCIAL OF THE
HISTORY OF BRAZIL
Fernando Alcoforado *
A government is antisocial when its entire economic policy is geared to serving the
interests of the economically and politically dominant classes. The anti-social character
of the Michel Temer government manifests itself, above all, in its proposals for labor
reform and outsourcing policy in the labor market, as well as reform of Social Security.
For the Temer government, the labor reform and outsourcing would contribute to
generate more employment and the reform of the Social Security to avoid its
insolvency.
The labor reform of the Temer government has an antisocial character because, in
addition to lowering rights, it increases the profit of the entrepreneurs in Brazil. The
proposal facilitates the creation of temporary and part-time jobs, which give less rights
to workers and can take the place of jobs based on traditional CLT (Consolidation of
Labor Laws). It should be noted that the Constitution limits the duration of the journey
of work to eight hours per day and 44 per week - which means a maximum of 2,296
hours per year. In addition, up to two extra hours per day are allowed, provided that
they are occasional.
With the labor reform, agreements between unions and employers have the force of law
to negotiate up to 220 hours a month - which means 2,640 hours a year. That means up
to 344 hours more hours worked per year. The project of labor reform also points to an
election, within companies with more than 200 employees, of a worker who represents
the others, and this worker does not have to be associated with the union. It is, therefore,
an attempt to dismantle the Brazilian trade union structure.
Lawyers, lawyers and the Public Prosecutor's Office question the legality of measures
contained in the proposal, potentially contrary to the Constitution, such as the maximum
working day of 44 hours a week and the minimum wage guarantee and defend their
rejection altogether.
Anticipating the labor reform, the Michel Temer government recently obtained approval
by the Chamber of Deputies of the outsourcing policy in the labor market, which is also
another antisocial measure of the current government because it can generate more
employment, but precarious labor relations and flattens wages for the benefit of
employers. The Chamber of Deputies approved a law that frees outsourced work in all
business activities and various state activities. The government Michel Temer was able
to resurrect the text, proposed 19 years ago by the neoliberal government of FHC.
It should be noted that there is currently no specific law for outsourcing. This issue has
been regulated by the Higher Labor Court, through summary 331, 2003. By the current
rule, only activities-middle, such as cleaning, maintenance and surveillance in an
automaker, would be subject to outsourcing. This means that a school that previously
could only hire outsourced cleaning, food and accounting services may now also hire
outside teachers. The Temer government outsourcing project also regulates aspects of
temporary work, increasing its maximum duration from three to six months, with a
possibility of extension for another 90 days.

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In the view of those who support the project, the new standard will help to create jobs,
and those who oppose argue that the new legislation will encourage companies to
dismiss workers who are under the CLT scheme to hire outsourced workers, with lower
compensation Making precarious the labor relations. A survey conducted by the Central
Unica dos Trabalhadores (CUT) and the Inter-union Department of Statistics and
Socioeconomic Studies (Dieese) in 2015 showed that outsourced workers received on
average 30% less than direct contractors. The National Association of Magistrates of
Labor Justice (Anamatra) considers unconstitutional the release of outsourcing of all
activities.
In order to take its antisocial policy to the fullest extent possible, the Temer government
also intends to approve the Social Security reform with the Proposed Amendment to the
Constitution (PEC) 287/2016, which presents as the main change the increase of the
minimum age and minimum contribution time to obtain the retirement, in addition to
the calculation of the value of the benefit that also will undergo changes. The
government argues that retirement reviews should be made to balance the Union's
accounts and adapt to a new age profile of Brazilian society, which has been changing
with increasing of life expectancy and reducing the number of births.
The government's proposal is to establish the minimum age of 65 to obtain retirement
and raise the minimum contribution time from 15 years to 25 years. According to the
current rule, there is not a minimum age to retire. Women can apply for the benefit with
30 years of contribution and men, with 35 years. To receive the full amount, people
must add the age to the contribution time and reach 85 points (women) and 95 points
(men). The value of the benefit corresponds to 51% of the average value of the
contribution salaries plus one percentage point of that average for each year contributed
to the Social Security.
If approved, the new model will be fully valid for workers under 45 years (women) or
50 years (men). People above this age range will follow a different rule, known as a
"toll". Those who have already retired or already have all the requirements to apply for
the benefit prior to the approval of the retirement will not be affected because they
already have acquired entitlement. If the government proposal is approved, the special
insurers (family farmers) and teachers will also follow the same rules as other workers.
The only exception would be for workers with physical disabilities. The new rules will
also apply to civilian and federal police. In the case of the military of the Armed Forces,
there will be a special regime, which will be defined in a separate project.
According to the Temer government, the reform of Social Security would have as its
main objective to avoid its insolvency. To save Social Security, it is necessary to make a
tax reform with taxes incident on the top of the pyramid, that is, on the great fortunes.
Our rates are only 27.5%. Liberal countries like the United States and England have a
tax top in the range of 40% to 50%. The measures proposed by the Temer government
are therefore palliative because they are insufficient to solve the problem of social
security. Another aggravating factor are the labor reform and the outsourcing policy that
should contribute to the fall in Social Security revenue.
* Fernando Alcoforado, member of the Bahia Academy of Education, engineer and doctor of Territorial
Planning and Regional Development from the University of Barcelona, a university professor and
consultant in strategic planning, business planning, regional planning and planning of energy systems, is
the author of Globalização (Editora Nobel, São Paulo, 1997), De Collor a FHC- O Brasil e a Nova
(Des)ordem Mundial (Editora Nobel, São Paulo, 1998), Um Projeto para o Brasil (Editora Nobel, São
Paulo, 2000), Os condicionantes do desenvolvimento do Estado da Bahia (Tese de doutorado.

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