📋 Tender Overview
Project that directs social contributions from companies across all modes of transport to Sest/Senat was approved this Wednesday (12) by the Social Affairs Commission (CAS).
According to the text, the Social Transport Service (Sest) and the National Transport Learning Service (Senat) will no longer rely solely on resources from the road sector and will only serve road transport workers and self-employed transport workers. The objective is to provide training and qualification for workers in all modes, such as air, rail, water and logistics. If there is no appeal for a vote in the Plenary, it will be sent to the Chamber of Deputies for analysis.
From Senator Wellington Fagundes (PL-MT), PL 79/2020 was approved as a substitute for the rapporteur, Senator Laercio Oliveira (PP-SE). According to the proposal, social contributions from transport companies and resources from two public funds no longer go to general benefits or reserved use for each mode in the sector, being directed entirely to Sest and Senat.
When justifying the project, Wellington Fagundes notes that, by law, Sest/Senat exclusively serves road transport workers. But with the growing demands of air, rail, water and logistics carriers, institutions have embraced the commitment to develop and value transport as a whole, says the senator.
Contributions
He argues that Sest and Senat already provide services to workers across the transport sector, but only receive contributions from companies in the road sector. The other modes of transport contribute to the Industry System, Industry Social Service (Sesi) and the National Industrial Learning Service (Senai), as well as to the funds managed by the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) and the Directorate of Ports and Coasts of the Ministry of the Navy.
For the rapporteur, the proposal is fair, as it extends equal treatment to Sest/Senat in relation to other sectors, contributing to excellent logistics and the reindustrialization of the country.
-- Its a widely discussed subject and it brings justice to workers in the activity and the transport sector, since the CNT [National Transport Confederation] has an entire structure, through its Sest and Senat units on highways throughout Brazil, in every corner, [to] offer training, qualification and assistance to workers in the transport sector -- said Laercio Oliveira, who works on the project at the Economic Affairs Commission (CAE).
Impact on the Budget
The rapporteur also highlighted that, with the transfer of contributions to Sest/Senat, there will be an impact of R$249 million in reducing the Unions revenues, with R$154 million from the airline sector and R$95 million from the port sector.
Among the changes in the substitute is the one that deals with the responsibilities and contributions that will be transferred to Sest and Senat, maintaining the responsibility of the Navy and Anac for professional teaching of some activities, such as navigation teaching. Another change deals with the recovery of revenues from the Aviation Fund, which will occur through the transfer of 5% of the collection from the National Civil Aviation Fund, in relation to the amounts owed in return to the Union for airport infrastructure grants.
To ensure assistance to casual port workers, whose payments are made by port labor management bodies, the rapporteur also presented a sub-amendment to make it clear that the allocation must be to Sest and Senat.
Services
Laercio Oliveira highlighted that Sest and Senat provided a total of 17.63 million consultations in 2024 alone, of which 8.11 million were in professional development and 9.52 million in health and quality of life. The network of units has 173 facilities in the country, generating an impact in around 5 thousand municipalities.
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