The Maritime Sector

THE GOOD PRACTICES OF LABOUR INSPECTION IN BRAZIL: 55This generated a considerable deterioration of work conditions andjudicial security for the workers and for the shipyards as well, sincethey are responsible for the rights of these workers, when other smallerbusinesses are insolvent and thus unable to pay duties. In the cases wherethe inspection found unregistered workers hired by companies withoutproper operating licenses, the company that received an infraction noticebecame the party who hired their services, the shipyard itself. 373.2. THE NEED FOR REGULATIONFacing this deteriorating scenario where the inspections were noteffectively reducing the number of work accidents and the practice ofsubcontracting, the initiation of broader discussion within the sector,which included senior shipyard’s managers, was acknowledged as apositive step. This was done within the framework of the tripartite socialdialogue established by the MTE, and aimed at formulating a RegulatoryNorm that would address the issues of the naval sector strengtheningsocial dialogue.Regulatory Norms (NRs) are norms on occupational safety and healthand are compulsory for all public and private enterprises and publicentities which have workers registered under the CLT. The NRs describethe necessary procedures to decrease the risk of accidents, diseases,and other harm in specific economic activities or in the manipulation ofsubstances and equipment operation that pose serious risks to the healthand integrity of the worker (precisely the case of the naval industry).Currently, there are 33 NRs, covering issues that range fromenvironmental risk prevention programmes (NR 09) and open-air work(NR 21) to occupational safety and health in specific sectors, such as theconstruction industry (NR 18) to waterway transportation (NR 30).These norms are elaborated with the coordination of the PermanentTripartite Parity Commission (CTPP), based on the tripartite modelrecommended by the ILO and composed of government, employers’and workers’ representatives. The CTPP receives demands from the SITand from representatives belonging to different sectors and accordingto what it judges necessary, begins the process of creating an NR. TheNRs are used by the inspectors as a mandatory parameter to inspect awork environment.THE MARITIME SECTOR37The SIT elaborated a Technical Note (no. 97/2008) showing an increase of subcontractingand evaluating its negative impacts.