The Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE) has amended the terms
of the supervision of the Unemployment Guarantee Fund (FGTS) and
social insurance. The new rules for labor inspectors are in
Normative Ruling (IN) No. 99, published on the Official Gazette of
the Federal Executive of August 24, 2012.
The new IN, edited by the Labor Inspection Office (SIT), follows
the amendments introduced by Law No. 12,619 of April 2012 about the
performance of the occupation of driver. The rule, which changed
the Consolidated Labor Laws (CLT), considers as waiting time the
hours in excess of the normal working hours of a road transport
driver who waits for loading or unloading the vehicle or for
inspection of goods transported in tax or customs barriers. With
the amendment, the inspectors will consider the amount of the
waiting time as part of the wage. In that case, there would be
collecting of social insurance.
