In an epidemic year, death terminations jump by 70%; Truck drivers, cleaners and salespeople lead records | work and job

While in the first eight months of 2020, 43,008 formal contract (CLT) contracts were terminated, In the same period in 2021, the number jumped to 73264.

The data, based on the general register of workers and the unemployed (imprisoned) of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, shows that the number of dismissals due to death jumped between March and June of this year. In April, the month with the most records, nearly 1% of layoffs were due to death, the highest since 2014, according to data sent by the government.

The total number of employment contract terminations due to death increased by 21% between 2019 and 2020. In the first eight months of this year, the increase was 14.7% compared to the whole of 2020.

The service sector has the highest number of deaths

The service sector, which employs the largest number of workers in the country, has the highest number of dismissals due to death.

But the largest growth in deaths occurred in the industry: 83% Between the first eight months of 2020 and the same period in 2021. In trade, the increase was 77%, and services 66%.

In addition, the industry had the highest percentage of dismissals due to death compared to the total: 0.84%, followed by services (0.71%).

The shift industry was responsible for 88% of all deaths in the sector between January and August of this year – from year to year, the increase was 87%.

In the services sector, information, communications, financial, real estate, professional and administrative activities recorded 14,784 deaths between January and August of this year – 43% of the sector’s total – and a jump of 73% from year to year. Then comes the transportation, warehousing and mail activities, with 8,066 interruptions and an increase of 78%.

The Public Administration, Defense and Social Security had the highest percentage of dismissals due to death compared to the total among all those assessed in the survey: 4.52%.

Occupations that require face-to-face work lead to more deaths

When analyzing the list of occupations with the highest number of dismissals due to death, Truck drivers, cleaners and vendors lead the survey in the total number of deaths in the first eight months of 2021.

When there is the largest growth in the number of deaths in the first eight months of 2021 compared to the same period last year, the largest increases also include occupations that require face-to-face activities, and in some cases are considered essential, such as as bus drivers, cashier operators, guards and gas station attendants .

See below the largest increases in dismissals due to deaths between January and August 2020 and 2021:

• Managing Director: 120%
• Bus driver on the road: 112%
• Treasurer: 104%
• Administrative Supervisor: 100%
• Retail Sales Representative: 99%
• Alertness: 90%
• Production line feed: 84%
• Administrative Assistant: 82%
• Office assistant: 82%
• Present: 81%

The survey only reflects the official market and does not show the causes of death. Therefore, there is no way to link deaths to the Covid-19 virus. But the scenario shows that in the event of a pandemic, occupations that require activities outside the home are the hardest hit.