eSocial system will be implemented in five phases from January

 

The eSocial Steering Committee announced, this Wednesday (29), the implementation schedule of the eSocial Steering Committee explains stages of the eSocial implementation schedule. The program will be implemented in five phases starting in the first half of 2018. At this first moment, the measure is aimed at companies with annual revenues above R$ 78 million, which will have the mandatory use of the program as of January 8, 2018 This group represents 13,707 thousand companies and around 15 million workers, which represents approximately 1/3 of the total number of workers in the country.
 
The implementation in five phases will also be adopted for other private companies in the country, including micro and small companies and MEIs that have employees, whose mandatory use is scheduled for July 16 next year. For public agencies, eSocial becomes mandatory as of January 14, 2019. When fully implemented, eSocial will gather information from more than 44 million public and private sector workers in the country in a single system.
 
As the special advisor for eSocial, Alterir Linhares de Melo, explained at a press conference this Wednesday (29), in Brasília, the sending of obligations by companies in stages to eSocial is a government response to requests made by companies and confederations participating in the project and aims to ensure safety and efficiency for the program's start-up. However, Altemir emphasized that eSocial is 100% ready for deployment and that the adoption of deployment through phases was a way to ensure a smoother entry into production and facilitate the adaptation of companies to the project.
 
Companies that fail to send information through eSocial will be subject to penalties and fines. However, Altemir guaranteed that the focus of the program is not to penalize, but to guarantee the entry of the entire working world in the country into the technological environment of eSocial and, above all, to stimulate the country's business environment.
 
In addition, Linhares highlighted the importance of eSocial in two aspects: "the program expands the State's inspection capacity and improves the formulation of public policies in the country, since the government will have a single, consistent and valid information", he emphasized. .
 
See the implementation schedule below:
 
Stage 1 – Companies with annual revenue greater than R$ 78 million
 
Phase 1: January/18 - Only information related to companies, i.e. employer records and tables
 
Phase 2: March/18: In this phase, companies are now required to send information regarding workers and their ties with companies (non-periodic events), such as admissions, leaves and dismissals
 
Phase 3: May/18: Sending of payrolls becomes mandatory
 
Phase 4: July/18: Replacement of the GFIP (Social Security Information Guide) and cross-compensation
 
Phase 5: January/19: In the last phase, the worker's safety and health data must be sent
 
Step 2 – Other private companies, including Simples, MEIs and individuals (who have employees)
 
Phase 1: July/18 – Only information related to the companies, that is, employer records and tables
 
Phase 2: Sep/18: In this phase, companies are required to send information regarding workers and their ties to companies (non-periodic events), such as admissions, leaves of absence and terminations
 
Phase 3: Nov/18: Sending of payrolls becomes mandatory
 
Phase 4: January/19: Replacement of GFIP (Social Security Information Guide) and cross-compensation
 
Phase 5: January/19: In the last phase, the worker's safety and health data must be sent
 
Stage 3 - Public Entities
 
Phase 1: January/19 - Only information related to the bodies, that is, employers' records and tables
 
Phase 2: March/19: In this phase, entities are required to send information regarding the servers and their links with the bodies (non-periodic events) Ex: admissions, leaves and disconnections
 
Phase 3: May/19: Sending of payrolls becomes mandatory
 
Phase 4: July/19: Replacement of the GFIP (Welfare Information Guide) and cross-compensation
 
Phase 5: July/19: In the last phase, the worker's safety and health data must be sent
 
Understand eSocial – Mandatory in the country as of January 2018, eSocial will be the new way of providing information on the world of work that will come into force in Brazil and will integrate the routine of more than 18 million employers and 44 million workers. eSocial is a joint federal government project that includes the Ministry of Labour, Caixa Econômica, the Social Security Department, the INSS and the Federal Revenue Service.
 
The initiative will allow all Brazilian companies to comply with their tax, labor and social security obligations in a unified and organized manner, reducing costs, processes and time spent by companies today with these actions. In practice, eSocial will establish a simpler, cheaper and more efficient way for companies to fulfill their obligations to the government and to their own employees. When fully implemented, eSocial will represent the replacement of 15 information deliveries to the government – such as GFIP, RAIS, CAGED and DIRF – by just one.
 
In addition, eSocial will not introduce any new obligations to the business sector. The information that will be sent to the program already needs to be registered today by the companies on different dates and means, some of them still on paper.
 
In addition to the advances it brings to the productive sector – through the reduction of bureaucracy and productivity gains – eSocial will also directly benefit the working class, as it will be able to more effectively ensure access to labor and social security rights.
 
For micro and small companies and MEIs, a simplified portal is being developed to facilitate compliance with tax, labor and social security obligations by this public. The simplest platform will also target domestic employers, small rural producers and special insured persons.