Almost 70% of self-employed workers would like to have a formal contract

A survey by the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV Ibre) shows that almost 70% (69.6%) of self-employed workers, both without and with CNPJ, would like to be hired with a formal contract.

In the range of up to two minimum wages, this index is even higher, at 74.9%, while it is 56.7% among people who earn above this level.

Among those who would like to work as contractors, 33.1% point to the search for fixed income as a motivation, while 31.4% seek benefits that companies usually provide.

Among those who wish to continue on their own, the main reasons are flexible working hours (14.3%) and the possibility of higher earnings (11.9%).

The results are from a new indicator launched by FGV Ibre this Tuesday (6th), called the Labor Market Survey, which will be published quarterly. The objective is to map trends that are not yet evaluated in the existing statistics on the subject.

This first balance brings numbers of surveys carried out between August and October, with around 2 thousand people consulted monthly.

The survey also sought the perception of Brazilians about the degree of satisfaction with their current job. In response, 72.2% reported being satisfied or very satisfied with the job, while dissatisfied and very dissatisfied totaled 27.8%.

In this case, dissatisfaction with work is greater among workers earning less than two minimum wages (27.8%), women (31.9%), schooling up to elementary school (37.7%) and unregistered workers. (32.7%).

Among the reasons for dissatisfaction, low pay leads with 64.2%, followed by little or no benefits (43%) and insecurity due to being a temporary job (23.7%).

If unemployment in the country continues to fall, with a rate of 8.3% in the quarter ended in October, the lowest for the period since 2014, the technician responsible for the survey, economist and researcher at Ibre Rodolpho Tobler, points out that the numbers do not accompany a subjective improvement in the labor market, with dissatisfactions especially linked to income.

“The job market had a significant improvement this year, the employed population has been breaking a record, but I think our survey shows a little caution with these numbers. When you look at it qualitatively, you still have a lot to improve,” he said.

This assessment is shared by Fernando de Holanda Barbosa Filho, a senior researcher in the area of ​​Applied Economics at FGV Ibre. According to him, the issue of low social protection is an agenda that proved to be alive in the survey.

“This survey shows a very high degree of vulnerability, a very large number of people on their own wanting to formalize or have a link with a company to have access to benefits or more stable income”, he pointed out.

FGV Ibre also assessed the respondents’ degree of satisfaction with life in general, with an average score of 7.2. According to economist Rodolpho Tobler, the questioning indicated that there is inequality to be overcome in the evolution of the labor market.

Some of the lowest scores came from dissatisfied workers (6.1), people between 14 and 24 years old (6.3), unemployed people (6.8), schooling up to high school (6.9), mixed race (7 ), incomes of up to two minimum wages (7) and women (7). Already the highest of satisfied workers (7.9), with 45 years or more (7.6) men (7.4) and whites (7.4).

The survey also polled Brazilians about the chance of losing their job, considered unlikely or very unlikely by 58.7%.

In the case of dismissal, 34.7% of the interviewees answered that they would have resources to support themselves between one and three months, while 31.8%, for less than one month. Only 7.9% would be able to support themselves for more than a year.

In light of this situation, the coordinator of the Productivity Observatory at FGV Ibre, Fernando Veloso, opined that the new government will have two concerns: ensuring less economic turbulence and fiscal stability for the country’s development, in addition to the social issue of work, such as the search for of benefits by a mass of informal workers.