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ARTICLE · 09 OCTOBER 2026

Cade avança em apuração sobre possível “cartel do RH”

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Brazil's competition authority CADE has gathered over 2,000 documents in an investigation involving more than 50 major Brazilian and multinational companies accused of systematically exchanging sensitive information about salaries, wage adjustments, and benefits. The case, originating from a 2020 leniency agreement and covering alleged conduct from 1994 to 2021, raises critical questions about where legitimate benchmarking ends and anticompetitive information sharing begins.

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A Superintendência-Geral do Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (“CADE”) informa ter reunido mais de 2.000 documentos e outros elementos de prova no âmbito de uma investigação envolvendo mais de 50 grandes empresas brasileiras e multinacionais, em dois processos administrativos que apuram a suposta prática de conduta anticoncorrencial consistente na troca sistemática de informações sensíveis sobre remuneração, reajustes salariais e benefícios entre companhias que atuam no Brasil

O caso teve origem em um acordo de leniência firmado em 2020 e, posteriormente, passou a tramitar como processo administrativo em 2024, abrangendo condutas supostamente praticadas entre 1994 e 2021.

Diante do conjunto de provas reunido, a área técnica do Cade avalia recomendar ao Tribunal da autarquia a condenação de empresas envolvidas por práticas ilegais sob a perspectiva concorrencial e ainda analisa se a conduta pode ser caracterizada como cartel. A eventual condenação, contudo, ainda depende

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