Services and commerce created 75% of intermittent jobs after the labor reform.
This is according to a survey conducted by G1 using data from Caged; the creation of jobs in the new modalities regulated by the reform represents about 7% of the total 392 jobs created in the country in 2018, below the government's initial forecast, which expected the reform to create two million jobs in three years.
247 - Since the labor reform came into effect last November, the service and commerce sectors have been responsible for more than 75% of the jobs created in the intermittent and part-time work modalities, according to a survey conducted by G1 using data from the General Registry of Employed and Unemployed Workers (Caged), of the Ministry of Labor (MTE).
The creation of jobs in the new modalities regulated by the reform represents about 7% of the total of 392 jobs created in the country in 2018, below the government's initial forecast, which expected the reform to create two million jobs in three years.
Intermittent work occurs sporadically, on alternate days or for a few hours, and is paid per period worked.
Part-time work is defined as work where the employee has up to 30 hours of contracted service per week.
Since November 2017, 35 jobs have been created in these two sectors, with 26 concentrated in the service and commerce sectors. The industrial sector created 4,1 jobs (11%), and the construction sector opened 3,6 (10%).
The service sector leads in the creation of intermittent and part-time jobs. During the period analyzed, the sector created 8,5 intermittent jobs and 7,4 part-time jobs. In other words, of all the jobs created in these two work modalities, 45% were in the service sector.