Recently published information shows that Brazil's economic
struggle continues to affect employment. According to information
provided by the agency IBGE, the unemployment rate after the first
quarter of 2016 was 11.2%, with 11.4 million individuals currently
unemployed. Specialists believe that the unemployment rate will
continue to increase until 2017.
It is also apparent that the government program PPE (Employment
Protection Program) has not thrived as expected. To implement a PPE
program, an employer must first negotiate a temporary reduction in
working hours and salary with the union, subject to the limitations
and conditions established by the PPE law, and then get the Labor
Department's approval of the deal. According to the institute
FIPE, based on the data obtained from 371 collective bargaining
agreements filed with Brazil's Labor Department establishing a
temporary reduction of working hours and correspondent salary, only
125 of the agreements were subject
