Civi-co admits the error and declares that it will pay the rights of the receptionist lifted on the eve of delivery

The management of Civi-co, coworking for non-governmental organizations and social-purpose startups in Pinheiros, São Paulo, announced that it will pay maternity leave and other rights of 39, a 26-year-old receptionist who was hired as a legal person and delivered the day before the delivery. The case was revealed by
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POCA and has generated a reaction from dozens of organizations and companies that rent office space at Civi-co and disagrees with the position of management.

"We recognize that our conduct was not the most appropriate and sensitive to the situation, even if the contract had been agreed between the parties, and we also initiated an internal badysis to resolve any other similar issues. likely to arise with our current and future employees. "Management said in a statement released Wednesday night at the end of a meeting with representatives of dozens of organizations working in this country. According to the note, the receptionist was invited to join the team after the period of leave, under CLT.

The meeting with companies and NGOs lasted about an hour and was conducted by the two project partners, the engineer Ricardo Podval and the businesswoman Patrícia Vilella Marino, from the family of # 39; Itaú. "[A recepcionista] is part of the team and will be reinstated in the team, with all rights paid.It is our obligation not only to her but to every collaborator," said Podval, general director of space. "On a daily basis, we do not notice the extremely important details, which are not details, they are the lives of people," he said.

Vilella Marino recalled that in his short career, Civi-co "had hit a lot of things", but also "it would go wrong in others because no one here has arrogance or the intention to be perfect ". She told the tenants that she was not giving up on "the exercise of humility and citizenship" and that she considered herself "a great dreamer of this place" in getting herself Referring to the proposal of Civi-co to bring together in the same workspace different organizations in search of an impact. their activities. The idea is for them to interact and exchange useful experiences to potentiate the outcome of their actions.

The partner stated that she never wanted the receptionist to leave the premises and felt that it was wrong to "continue the contract with her", with reference to the duration of the six-year contract. month provided for in the contract. "It's there that we lack sensitivity." "It was great to come in, talk to Raiane and always see her in that state of mind, with her wonderful little belly that she was carrying and now with her wonderful little girl who was It's wearing, "she said. Vilella criticized the text published on the EPOCA website, calling it "leviano" and "tendentious". "What we wanted was to make a little whirlwind.I think we need to start discerning the text and the context of things," he complains.

The representative of one of the Civi-co-based organizations asked for the floor to say that she also thought it was "important to contextualize the debate". She stated that she considered the receptionist's case as "shocking" and that it could not be badyzed without taking into account her social background and her status as a young black woman. "We want to change Brazil, but it's a country that, until 130 years ago, treated blacks as objects, domestic work is still done by black women" he recalled.

Transparency Brazil Executive Director Manoel Galdino also spoke and stressed the need to recognize "that there is a structural inequality". In other words, "even if a person has voluntarily agreed [ser contratada como PJ e em período determinado] there is no condition of equality between the Civi-co and the person who has found himself in that situation, having to make a choice ". He suggested that coworking seeks diversity within its own direction to avoid a repetition of the problem. "I do not think that there is a lack of sensitivity, you are a sensitive person, I think there is more diversity to have, to have people who put themselves in the those who need it and who are more attentive, "he said.

Founder of a startup whose mission is to improve the working relationship between men and companies, Saint Caos, Jean Soldatelli suggested that Civi-co and locally-based organizations mobilize for discuss the ethical dilemma of each type of work. contracting, in addition to legal issues. "If our goal is to change society, we must use this mistake to teach the market as a whole to take advantage of it," he said.

The mother of two, including a baby of 1 year and 7 months, said that another organization had stated that it was "unacceptable" that the receptionist was at home today. "looking for an income to raise 22 and cried by mentioning the baby's right to be" cared for by her mother. "She suggested the company also make sure that the child "Be well taken care of after the event." The replacement of the pregnant receptionist suggested that occupants of the building unite to develop positive and inclusive policies.

On this Thursday, the receptionist visited Civi-co with the baby and formalized her interest in continuing to work there after the maternity leave, which will now be paid. The day before, upon learning of the case, a network of entrepreneurial mothers from São Paulo offered her another job, but she must decline. After the case, a request for transportation from female drivers made available to her three months of race credits to use as much as she wished.