A bill presented to the Chamber of Deputies seeks to regulate the profession of collective meal workers, a category composed mainly of women and which brings together approximately 500 thousand people in the country.
Written by MP Marcos Pereira (Republicanos-SP), the text establishes rules regarding working hours, minimum wage, risk premium and even special retirement for those who work in industrial, school, hospital kitchens and large-scale catering services, including on airplanes.
According to Paulo Ritz, president of Fetercesp (Federation of Workers of Collective Meals Companies, Industrial Kitchens and Similar in the State of São Paulo), approximately 93% of the category is made up of women. In São Paulo there are around 150,000 workers.
The draft defines congregate meal workers as those who work in the preparation, handling, distribution and cleaning of food, in addition to administrative functions related to meal production, even when the service is outsourced.
The proposal provides for a minimum workday of six hours per day, with no automatic reduction in pay, and recognizes the right to unhealthy and dangerous risk compensation in situations such as exposure to intense heat, cold rooms, wet floors and hospital environments.
The text also establishes staffing criteria based on the volume of meals produced and guarantees access to technical reports and social security files, a central point for the recognition of special pensions.
with DIEGO ALEJANDRO, KARINA MATIAS and VICTORIA CÓCOLO
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