Why IBM employees in Brazil are suing to be classified as tech workers
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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.

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.

  • @driving_crooner
    23•23 days ago

    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.

    • @pro_grammer@programming.devOP
      16•23 days ago

      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.