There are more than eight thousand Social Security workers who this year will have to declare the professional and leisure activities of their family members up to the second degree, in the event that these represent a potential conflict of interest and the impartiality of the workers is questioned. employees at work, according to Jornal de Negócios. The activities of spouses, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren and siblings are at stake.
this new “declaration of (in)existence of conflict of interest” that workers must complete and sign under an oath of honor, follows the revision of the Code of Ethics and Conduct of the Social Security Institute, which was published last month, and will be mandatory for current and new employees. This statement asks to “detail” about “potential conflicts” derived from the interests and assets of the workers, such as shares and real estate, as well as previous professional activities or current external activities, “professional or recreational,” the newspaper quotes. If the worker identifies “potential conflicts” in the “professional or recreational” activities of their relatives up to the second degree, he must also complete this information.
Unions raise doubts about this claim and the The National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) told the newspaper that it does not see the law that supports the collection and processing of this data. The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare did not clarify to Negócios what type of professional or recreational activities could represent a conflict of interest.
Source: Observadora
