1. BRAZILIAN LABOUR INSPECTION

2. Brazil
Territory: 8 million, 514 thousand and 876 km2 – 5th in the world; Coastline: 8,400 km Gross Domestic Product (GDP) *: 2 trillion and 889 billion reais (approximately $ 1 trillion and 572 billion U.S. dollars, using the average exchange rate in 2011) – 7th in the world; GDP per capita: R$ ,00 (about $ 9000, using the average exchange rate in 2011) – middle income; Population: 191 million (03/2011) – 5th in the world; Employed Population: people (PNAD/IBGE ).
*Data: IBGE/2010

3. How to answer ?
Obs: people
Source: PNAD/IBGE

4. How to inspect ?
Source: RAIS 2009/MTE

5. Diagnosis of Human Resources

6. Innovations in Management
New Methodology of Labour Inspection - Conceived by groups of labour inspectors, reformed the methods of operation of the inspection, preparation of planning and monitoring of performance evaluation. - The new model enshrined principles such as the prevalence of planned supervision, teamwork and performance based on social dialogue.
STRICT SCREENING OF COMPLAINTS - CCIT and MPT

7. Brazilian Labour Inspection
Regional context Planning

8. Structure Ministry of Labour and Employment:
Secretariat of Labour Inspection – Central Authority
Regional Units – Descentralized Service
Regional Labour and Employment Superintendents
Headquarters (27)
Regional Managements (114)
Service Agencies (727)
General Labour Inspection Department
Occupational Health and Safety Inspection Department

9. Labour Inspection Career
Total: labour inspectors (september/2011)
Federal Public Servant;
Join exclusively by public tender;
Dual subordination:
Wage close to the inicial of labour judges
Administrative – to regional brunch (Superintendência Regional do Trabalho)
Technical – directly to Secretariat of Labour Inspection – Central Authority

10. Labour Auditors (Denomination in Brazil)
Stability;
Free Entry to the Plants Premises;
Access to the documents;
Administrative Police Power – Labour Law Enforcement:
Injunction, Fines, Paralyzation in OSH matters, etc.
Information – employers and employees
Normative power – OSH regulation – Tripartite Technical Comission

11. Planning Guidelines 1. Integrated Actions:
Priority to multidisciplinary workgroup;
Collective target;
Specific approach for micro-enterprises;
2. Permanent Dialogue with Social Agents: Labour Prosecution Service, Labour Inspection Cooperation Comission – Unions (employers and employees), Labour Court, Labour Judges Association etc.
3. Aim on prevention and reduction of the incidence and gravity of labour hazards:
Using statistics and new technologies;
Economic activity projects;
Priorities defined in basis of the sectors hazard profile;
National and strategic projects envolving prioritary sectors;
Work accidents analysis as a contribution for regressive lawsuits – Social Security Attorneys

12. Labour Inspection Main Fields
Child Labour Eradication
Forced Labour Eradication
Apprenticeship insertion
Workers with discapacity insertion and integration
Maritime ant Ports workers
Construction
Labour taxes - FGTS
Specific OSH matters – machinery, asbestos, waterway, confined, electricity, plataforms, transportation, etc.
TARGET : DECENT WORK FOR BRAZILIAN LABOUR FORCE

13. Labour Inspection Fines
Iniciated after Infringement – Labour Inspection on site
Applied directly by the Labour Inspection Authority after administrative due process of law – double jurisdiction – regional and central
Judicial Control and Enforcement – Labour Court - Federal Lawyers

14. Labour Inspection and Judicial Cooperation
Ministry of Labour and Employment – Labour Court – Labour Court Superior Concil - Ministry of Health – Ministry of Social Security – Federal Laweyrs Service
Technical cooperation protocol – May, 2011
OSH matters – hazards prevention
Safety and Health Nacional Policy enhancing
Data exchanging
Educational common measures
Research and studies promoting

15. LI Main Outputs:
Year
Inspected workplaces
Non declared workers formalized during inspection
OSH inspections
Forced Labour workers rescued
2003
5.223
2004
2.887
2005
4.348
2006
3.417
2007
5.999
2008
5.016
2009
3.770
2010
2.628
2011
93.378
1.040
Source: SFIT/SIT/MTE
* August/2011

16. Ministry of Labour and Employment website: