The ceremony took place at the Municipality of São Paulo, with the presence of the Municipal Mayor, Bruno Covas; the Municipal Secretary of the Civil House, Orlando Lindório de Faria; the Municipal Secretary of Labor and Entrepreneurship, Aline Cardoso; the Mayor of the City Council, Eduardo Tuma; and Councilor Daniel Annenberg. The protocol establishes the rules for social detachment, hygiene and sanitation, communication regarding orientation to customers and employees, collaboration with the testing effort, alternative schedules for attending the public and selective return to work.
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The term considers that the abrupt and careless resumption of activities may represent a setback in the process of easing restrictive measures, causing serious damage to health and the economy. “We are committed to helping the city of São Paulo to return to activities with all the care and attention that this sensitive period needs. Therefore, we are adopting health protocols that will help to prevent and contain the spread of the pandemic while the activities of the IT sector are resumed gradually and carefully in the capital, summarizes Rodolfo Fücher, president of ABES.
In addition to establishing in law the rules of social distance of 1.5m in the work environment, use of physical barriers between stations, encouragement to telework and cleaning of the environments, this term provides for periodic training and guidance to employees as to the symptoms of Covid- 19, hygiene and mandatory use of masks.
The companies also pledged to decrease by 80% the number of clients in the office while the city is classified in orange under the São Paulo Plan; in 60% if it is in the yellow classification; and 40% if it is in the green classification. And the opening hours will be differentiated so that the peak hours of public transport are avoided.
In addition, employees belonging to the risk group, who have had symptoms or contact with infected or suspected patients with COVID-19 in the last 7 days, should not resume face-to-face activities; or who have children who, in order to carry out the work, depend on the functioning of daycare centers or schools that have not yet resumed their activities.
The term of validity of the signed commitment term is the period of the State of Public Calamity in the city of São Paulo due to the coronavirus pandemic, not exceeding twelve months from the date of its signature.
The complete protocol and a booklet developed by ABES based on these guidelines are available on this link, which will be made available to members.
ABES remains committed to new entrepreneurs
With the purpose of contributing to the construction of a more digital and less unequal Brazil, supporting the democratization of knowledge and the creation of new opportunities for all, ABES offers startups the Internship Program, an initiative that aims to strengthen companies, generate synergy between investment funds, incubators and accelerators and contribute so that businesses can overcome the difficulties present in the market.
Participating startups can count on more than 33 years of ABES experience in the legal, regulatory, tax and marketing areas. In addition to all the services offered by the entities to their members free of charge, such as legal-tax duty, certificates, advisors, guides, complete compliance infrastructure, health and dental plans, market research, and committees on relevant industry topics.
Still with the objective of ensuring a favorable environment to innovate, dynamic and competitive globally, ABES made available to all companies, whether associated or not, a tool to diagnose the level of adequacy with the General Data Protection Law (LGPD). According to the LGPD ABES index, about 60% of small businesses do not meet the requirements of the new law, which is expected to come into force in August 2020. To access the LGPD ABES index and make the diagnosis, Click here.
About ABES
ABES, Brazilian Association of Software Companies, aims to contribute to the construction of a more digital and less unequal Brazil, in which information technology plays a fundamental role in the democratization of knowledge and the creation of new opportunities for all. In this sense, it aims to ensure a business environment conducive to innovation, ethical, dynamic and globally competitive, always aligned with its mission of connecting, guiding, protecting and developing the Brazilian information technology market.
Since its foundation in September 1986, ABES has sought to be relevant to its associates and a national and international reference in the technology sector. Currently, the entity represents approximately 2 thousand companies, totaling around 85% of the software and services segment's revenue in Brazil, distributed in 22 Brazilian states and the Federal District, responsible for the generation of more than 208 thousand direct jobs and an annual revenue of the order of R$ 63.7 billion in 2019.
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