The Board of Directors of Celesc Distribuição issued a memo on the layoffs of employees held this morning, announcing a reconsideration of the proposal submitted to the unions. In a lengthy article entitled “Celesk Explained,” he looks back at the allegations in the new health insurance plan.

A reports that 600 employees will benefit from the new plan.

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“Due to the Celesc union strike on July 21, 2022, the Company clarifies that the company remains available for dialogue with unions about a new health care plan and a new way of funding, with the well-being of the company’s over 3,900 employees in mind. , taking into account the financial condition of the Company and respect for the society in Santa Catarina. However, since the unions did not call meetings and deprive employees of the legal right to vote and decide whether the last proposal presented by the company, ignoring the collective agreement itself, actuarial calculations are necessary to continue negotiations redo, which will take about 90 days. Cost calculation method: each beneficiary will only pay a symbolic cost of 1.00 reais in a health insurance plan with public coverage identical to the current health insurance plan, with only three changes: rto collective, without dental implants and without pharmacies, To do this, the company will have to allocate about 15 million reais annually to pay for the new Plan, or about 360 million reais (three hundred and sixty million reais) until the end of the current concession, 2045. Currently, the employee pays 50% and the company pays another 50% current health plan, and even When a new health plan is created, membership will be voluntary and the current plan will be maintained for as long as they would like to stay in it. The company’s offering will also immediately benefit nearly 600 employees who currently do not have health insurance. In addition, Celesc will contribute another 378 million reais (three hundred and seventy-eight million reais) adjusted by IPCA to the Fundação Celos relief fund to ensure that inflation is adjusted in the pensioners’ health insurance plan’s monthly payments. and it did no harm to pensioners. The amount of 378 million reais is enough to support an annual change in monthly payments of 30% + IPCA, that is, the monthly payments of the health insurance plan will need to be adjusted every year by 30% + IPCA, so that the background zeroed out. Thus, the total financial contribution offered by the company will amount to more than 700 million reais (seven hundred million reais) in favor of the health of employees, the company and, therefore, the continuity of providing good services to society. was calculated by a specialized consulting company using actuarial assumptions. Over the past two years, the adjustment of the health insurance plan has been below inflation, in which case the value of the annual contribution relating to the 378 million reais portion would have been profitable in a fund managed by the Pensions and Health Authority. -Celos. of Health, while the employee remains active, the company pays 50% of the monthly fee, and after retirement, it continues to guarantee the inflation adjustment of its post-employment benefit contribution. A new health plan proposal and a new form of costing that meets the principles integrity and soundness of public administration, with the aim of reducing the company’s actuarial liabilities, which exceed 2.1 billion reais, and minimizing Celesc’s debt. In 2019, the current management demanded through the Collective Agreement of Work – ACT, the creation of a working group consisting of representatives of the company, trade unions and the Celesc Social Security Fund – CELOS, to discuss a new method of calculation with the aim of reducing actuarial obligations to assist. It is emphasized here that this is not about social security obligations, but only about assistance that relates to the health insurance plan. This alternative arose during the Working Group’s discussions when a market survey was conducted to compare the prices of health insurance plans from other carriers with the current health plan Celesc, Celos Saúde. The proposal, formulated by the company on the basis of the Working Group’s research, represents a change in the form of financing of the current health insurance program to reduce the actuarial obligations required. This savings on future financial obligations will result in a significant improvement in the ability to raise the necessary resources for investment and to maintain the company’s concession. Financial support funds are needed as Celesc’s list of benefits is already quite up to date when compared to companies of the same size. It is worth remembering that just the meal voucher offered to all Celesc employees is 1350 reais per month, a right that the company considers fair for the delivery that each of its employees brings to the Santa Catarina community. It is important to note that New Way of Costing does not seek to disenfranchise either current employees or retirees, and the company, through its administrators, has confidence in the legitimacy of the proposal, in how the proposal was formulated, and in its benefits. …However, despite the fact that in 2021 the obligation to present the proposal to the workers was signed in the collective agreement, the unions did not fulfill this obligation by not democratically submitting the company’s proposal to the workers for voting. Thus, the ACT, signed on August 19 and 2021 and amended on November 23 of the same year, was not implemented when the unions did not give legitimacy to the workers. Before being communicated to the unions, the proposal was approved by the Celesc Board of Directors, who are fully aware of the recommendations and offer numbers. It is also worth noting that the proposal submitted to the unions was the subject of numerous clarifications provided by the company via communications, videoconferencing, meetings, Q&A channel, and the unions were even given an extension to re-discuss the topic with employees and put the proposal to a vote. . It should be noted that Celesc has not stopped discussing this issue. The validity period of the current proposal was set in accordance with the specific ACT signed in 2021, as well as due to the volatility of the figures, since the calculations were made in March of the current year based on the Actuarial Report of December 31, 2021. To formulate a new proposal, it is necessary to update the studies with the help of an external actuarial consultant and, of course, a new financial and economic feasibility study.