Law No. 8,742: Social Assistance Benefits

Law No. 8,742, of December 7, 1993

• Addresses social assistance benefits, services, programs, and projects.

Continued Provision Benefit

• Guarantees one minimum wage monthly to disabled and elderly people over 65 who cannot support themselves or be supported by family.
• Family includes the applicant, spouse, parents, stepparents, single siblings, single children/stepchildren, and dependent minors living under the same roof.
• A person with a long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairment may be considered disabled.
• Granting benefits is subject to evaluation, as determined by regulations.
• Eligibility requires a per capita family income equal to or less than one-fourth of the minimum wage.
• Accumulation of benefits with other social security or regimes is prohibited, except for medical assistance and special indemnification pensions.
• Living in long-term care facilities doesn't disqualify from receiving the benefit.
• Benefit concession requires medical and social assessment by INSS (National Social Security Institute) experts and social workers.
• INSS can partner for social assessments under its supervision.
• Beneficiaries are directed to the nearest municipality with relevant services if their municipality lacks them.
• Applicants or their legal representatives must declare monthly family income.
• Temporary financial aid or compensation for damages from dam failures, as well as income from supervised internships and apprenticeships, are not computed in the per capita family income calculation.
• Long-term impairment has a minimum effect duration of 2 years.
• Other evidence of financial hardship can be used to grant the benefit.
• Regulations can increase the per capita family income limit for eligibility to up to half the minimum wage, subject to Article 20-B of the law.
• Benefit grants and reviews require registration in the Individual Taxpayer Registry (CPF) and the Single Registry for Social Programs of the Federal Government (Cadastro Único).
• Applicants or legal representatives need to provide biometric data or face legal obligation to provide it.
• Benefits up to one minimum wage granted to the elderly (over 65) or disabled aren't counted when determining benefit eligibility for another elderly or disabled family member.
• More than one member of the same family can receive continued provision benefits if they meet the requirements.
• The following aspects are considered for broadening the financial hardship assessment:
  • The degree of disability
  • Reliance on others for daily living activities
  • Allocation of the family budget to medical expenses, special food, or non-SUS services, which are necessary for health and life preservation
• The degree of disability is assessed using a biopsychosocial evaluation instrument, complying with Law No. 13,146 and other articles.
• The value related to the commitment of the family budget with medical expenses will be defined jointly by the Ministry of Citizenship, the Special Secretariat of Social Security and Labor of the Ministry of Economy and the INSS, based on average values of expenses made by families exclusively for these purposes, with the possibility for the interested party to prove that the effective expenses exceed the average values.
• Continued provision benefits are reviewed every two years to assess the conditions that originated them.
• Benefit payments cease when the conditions are overcome or in case of death.
• Benefits are cancelled if irregularities are found in their concession or use.
• Development of cognitive, motor, or educational skills doesn't suspend or terminate benefits for the disabled.
• Termination of benefits does not prevent renewal if the requirements are met.
• Beneficiaries can be called for evaluation of their eligibility conditions.
• Continued provision benefits are suspended if the disabled person engages in paid activity, including as a micro-entrepreneur.
• Individuals whose labor relation or entrepreneurial activity ends can request the benefit's continuation if they didn't acquire any social security benefit rights.
• Hiring a disabled person as an apprentice doesn't suspend the benefit for up to two years.
• Beneficiaries who aren't registered in CadÚnico or have outdated registrations must update their status within these deadlines:
  • 45 days for small municipalities
  • 90 days for medium and large municipalities
• Benefits are blocked 30 days after notification if there's no acknowledgment of the notification.
• Failure to comply results in suspension if the notification is acknowledged.
• Beneficiaries can include or update in CadÚnico until the end of the suspension period without losing benefit payments.

General Concepts: The Administrative Assistant's Role

• Administrative Assistants have a crucial role in the operations of an organization by supporting operational and management activities and ensuring internal processes run smoothly and efficiently.
• Main functions include scheduling support, departmental coordination, information management, and administrative support tasks.

Basic Management Concepts

• Fundamental principles of administration involve processes planning, organization, direction, and control.
• Effective management involves resource allocation, time management, and process optimization.
• Basic guidelines are:
  • Planning: Setting objectives, schedules, and resource allocation.
  • Organization: Structuring tasks and delegating responsibilities.
  • Execution: Activity implementation and monitoring.
  • Control: Assessment of performance, identification of deviations, and process adjustments.

Customer Service

• Providing high-quality support to both internal and external clients is crucial.
• It emphasizes clear communication, empathy, patience, and problem-solving skills to enhance satisfaction.

Document Organization

• Document organization includes methods for safely and accessibly classifying and storing documents, whether physical or digital.
• Essential points include:
  • Filing methods (alphabetical, chronological, or digital using document management software)
  • Document classification (identifying and categorizing for efficient consulting)
  • Life cycle management (preservation, transfer, and discarding documents as regulations dictate)

Office Software Applications

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is vital for generating reports, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Using automation and collaboration tools like Google Workspace and Trello helps enhance productivity.

Other Relevant Topics

• Professional Ethics: Ethical conduct builds trust and ensures professionalism.
• Team Collaboration: Integrated work helps in achieving goals.
• Entrepreneurship: Grasping how to discover opportunities and implement innovative solutions is important.
• Business Writing: Proficient written communication is necessary for memos, emails, and reports.

Office Package (Excel)

• Excel forms part of the Microsoft Office package and is a software used for creating and formatting electronic spreadsheets and graphs.
• Operation elements:
  • Sum -> +
  • Subtraction -> -
  • Multiplication -> *
  • Division -> /
  • Potentiation -> ^
• All calculations in Excel must start with the "=" symbol, for Excel to recognise a formula, function or calculation

SOMA Function

• To calculate something by using the SOMA function type in =SOMA( and then insert the cells separated by ; or selecting a sequence of cells.
• To select a interval enter the function =SOMA(B2:B13) to include information starting from B2 until cell B13.
• In this function "enter" ends the function and then Excel will show just the results.

MULT Function

• MULT function calculate the numbers we input for multiplication

Maximum function and Minimum function

• This function allows you to quickly obtain a meximum and minimum value from a internal

Bigger function and Smallest function

• This function is very similar as Maximum and Minimum, where it enable you to choose the position of this number

Concepts Applied: Fractions

• Fractions show a division between two numbers
• The numerator shows the parts of the whole unit we have and the denominator equals how many parts the unit was divided.

Fraction types

• Apparent fraction: When the numerator is divisble for the denominator and the result equals a integer
• Equivalent fraction: When two fractions express the same part in relation with the whole unit

Percents

• Percents are used in daily situations such as econometrics, research results or promotions
• We understand that percents is the relation between any number and 100, where is represented by the "%" symbol.
• Percents is a rational number and could be expresses as a division by 100, which would turn into a decim number.