Brazillian IBM have them classified as "comercial" workers, like shop assistants or cashiers, so they're part of that union that is not very good. They're fighting to be classified as the correct classification and be part of the correct union, with better perks I suppose.
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with better perks I suppose.
Correct. When they are classified as tech workers, they get the following:
a higher minimum wage, overtime pay, and profit participation — a year-end bonus that depends on the company’s annual profit.
They also have to work 40 hours a week instead of 44 when they are classified as tech workers.
Uh boss, that Device here looks very techy to me. You should get a technician to handle it, I'd hate to be responsible for breaking it.
Wait you work for IBM a tech company and don't label your employees as that? Why?
Unions in two Brazilian states are suing IBM in an effort to be recognized as tech employees, giving them access to better wages, benefits, and profit participation.
Sounds like IBM save on wages, benefits, and profit sharing by not doing what otherwise is so painfully obvious it should already be the case.
wasnt aware of this but probably a loophole in our legislation, similar to how app workers (like uber) arent considered employees so they can exploit them more.
So that they don't have to pay bonuses and make them work 44 instead of 40 hours per week. IBM registered itself (in Brazil) as a sales company.
sales workers have a 44-hour workweek — four hours more than the limit for tech workers. The latter are also entitled to a higher minimum wage, overtime pay, and profit participation — a year-end bonus that depends on the company’s annual profit.
They're not?