The closer we get to eSocial's starting date, the more we
discuss the technical issues linked to it; and this is necessary.
But we have seen few discussions about the cultural changes that
the new system will require of companies - and we are talking about
all Brazilian companies.
Since it
began to develop in 2007, eSocial has provoked a series of debates
about how companies would have to adapt their technological
systems, in order to send the information through a single system.
However, almost a decade later very little has been said about the
cultural changes it will require of companies.
Background
For those who don't remember, eSocial is a Brazilian
government project that will unify the sending of employer and
employee data starting in 2018. It is a tool for fiscal
obligations, social security and labor obligations. This single
system will replace the need to do separate reports for the
National Institute of Social Security (INSS, by its acronym
