Caged confirms resumption of the Brazilian economy

October job creation balance represents the fourth consecutive month of a positive result.

Of the five major groups of economic activities, four had a positive balance in employment in October. The main one was the Services sector - Photo: Agência Brasil

Nov 27, Brasilia: For the fourth consecutive month, the New General Register of Employed and Unemployed (Novo Caged) recorded a positive balance in the generation of jobs. 394,989 formal jobs were opened in the month, the result of 1,548,628 admissions and 1,153,639 dismissals, the best result not only for 2020 but also the best in history. The performance reinforces the recovery of the Brazilian economy after the economic effects generated by Covid-19.

The stock, which is the total number of active bonds, in October, reached 38,638,484, a variation of 1.03% in relation to the stock of the previous month. In the accumulated result for the year, despite the negative balance of 171,139, resulting from 12,231,462 admissions and 12,402,601 dismissals, the country lost fewer jobs in 2020 than in the crises of 2015 and 2016.

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Of the five major groups of economic activities, four had a positive balance in employment in October. The main one was the Services sector, which opened 156,766 new vacancies. In Commerce, 115,647 posts were created; in Industry, 86,426; in Construction, 36,296.

Regional performance

The month was positive in the five regions of the country, with emphasis on the Southeast, where the balance was 186,884 jobs; and in the South, with a result of 92,932. In the Northeast, 69,519 formal jobs were created; in the Midwest, 25,024; in the North, 20,658 vacancies.

There was also a positive balance in all federative units, especially in São Paulo (119,261 new vacancies); Minas Gerais (42,124) and Paraná (33,008). In relative terms, the states with the greatest variation in relation to the previous month's stock were Santa Catarina, Ceará and Amazonas.

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Labour modernization

In October there was a positive balance of 10,611 jobs in the intermittent work modality, the result of 19,927 admissions and 9,316 dismissals (278 workers signed more than one such contract). The new hirings took place mainly in Services, which had a balance of 5,692 jobs, followed by Construction (1,895 jobs), Industry (1,600), Commerce (1,056) and Agriculture (368).

In part-time contracts, the balance was 1,328 jobs, as a result of 14,742 admissions and 13,414 dismissals (46 employees signed more than one contract in this modality). The vacancies were opened mainly in Commerce (638 jobs) and Services (614). The industry generated 217 new posts and Agriculture, 21.

There were also 15,331 terminations by agreement between employer and employee in October, involving 10,043 establishments (38 employees made more than one termination). From the point of view of economic activities, these agreements were distributed by Services (7,262), Commerce (3,409), Industry (2,736), Construction (1,420) and Agriculture (504).

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New Caged

Since January 2020, the use of the Caged System has been replaced by the Digital Bookkeeping System for Tax, Social Security and Labor Obligations (eSocial) for part of companies. The obligation to send information through Caged remains only to public bodies and international organizations that hire hired workers.

Although most companies are required to declare eSocial, many have stopped providing information on system shutdowns. In order to facilitate the dissemination of formal employment statistics during this transition period, data from other sources were allocated. Therefore, Novo Caged is composed of information from eSocial, Caged and Web Employer systems.

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