Most representatives from Sergipe approved the outsourcing bill.

247 - Of the eight federal deputies from Sergipe, five voted in favor of approving Bill 4.330/04, which regulates outsourcing in the country. André Moura (PSC), Adelson Barreto (PTB), Laércio Oliveira (SD), Fábio Reis (PMDB), and Fábio Mitidieri (PSD) were in favor of the bill. João Daniel (PT) and Jony Marcos (PRB) were against the controversial project. Valadares Filho, from PSB, was absent from the session (he was in Sergipe due to the death of his grandmother, Dona Caçula Valadares).

The plenary of the Federal Chamber approved on Wednesday (8) the base text of the PL that regulates outsourcing contracts in the private sector and for public companies, mixed economy companies, their subsidiaries and controlled companies in the Union, in the states, in the Federal District and in the municipalities. The possibility of outsourcing occurring in relation to any of the company's activities was maintained in the law. There were 324 votes in favor of the text, 137 against and two abstentions.

The text stipulates that, when the outsourcing contract is between companies belonging to the same economic category, the employees of the contracted company involved in the contract will be represented by the same union as the employees of the contracting company, observing the respective collective bargaining agreements and conventions. Proposed amendments (changes to the text) will still be discussed by the plenary next week.

Position

Laércio Oliveira states that the bill is very good for Brazil because it will stimulate the economy during this time of crisis, generate employment, and protect outsourced workers. "It's a victory for working people in Brazil," he emphasized. "The fallacious discourse has created a mantra claiming that the bill makes labor relations precarious. Such brazenness is embarrassing. A quick reading of this legal framework dismantles the weak arguments disseminated with the sole purpose of presenting the public with a false impression," he argued.

The congressman reports that, according to the text of the bill, "outsourced workers will receive the same medical treatment, transportation, security, training, and food provided by the contracting company to its employees." In addition to prohibiting labor intermediation, the bill also ensures "the protection of benefits negotiated in the Collective Bargaining Agreement of the category," respecting all rights and duties established in the CLT (Consolidation of Labor Laws).

João Daniel, who opposes the bill, says that the project does represent a precarious situation for the working class. According to the parliamentarian, Bill 4.330/04 expands outsourcing to core activities, that is, the main activity. Currently, only the ancillary activities of companies are allowed to be outsourced. With this, João Daniel emphasized, "the fear is that there will be indiscriminate outsourcing, with companies reducing costs by lowering the standard of labor rights."