Law No. 15,377/2026 introduces significant amendments to Brazil's Labor Code, expanding employer obligations to actively promote workplace health awareness and ensure employees understand their rights...

O Governo Federal publicou, em edição extra do Diário Oficial, medida provisória, com diversas medidas com a finalidade de preservar o emprego e a renda...

Acolhendo em parte pedido formulado pela Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Indústria (CNTI), a Ministra do Supremo Tribunal Federal

The COVID-19 poses a new challenge for maintaining workplace safety. This infographic provides some basic information about measures to be adopted by Brazilian employers.

President of the Superior Labour Court states that employee who refuses to be vaccinated for Covid-19 can be terminated with cause.

O FAP vigente para 2016 poderá ser conferido pelas empresas no site do Ministério da Previdência Social – MPS, a partir de hoje.

Deviating from recent labor courts' decisions and Labor Prosecutor's Office recommendations, on November 1, 2021, Brazil's Ministry of Labor and Welfare (a body of the Federal Government)...

Brazil's new Law No. 15,377/2026 introduces significant workplace health obligations for employers, requiring companies to actively inform employees about vaccination campaigns and cancer prevention while promoting awareness initiatives.

On 28 March 2024, Law 14,831/2024 was enacted, creating the Certificate for Companies that Promote Mental Health and outlining the requirements for obtaining it.

The 10-day period will be computed in calendar days, with the first day excluded and the expiration day included.

The "SAT" contribution was created by Law no. 8,212/91 with the scope of funding the social assistance related to events such as illnesses, permanent injury and death resulted from labor accidents.

With the goal of countering fraud and irregularities in the issuing of medical certificates, the Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) announced earlier this month the launch of the new CFM Certification (Atesta CFM).

Even though the coronavirus (COVID-19) has not yet had as much of an impact in Brazil as it has in other countries

This year has brought several significant updates to Brazilian labor law, with key changes focusing on equal pay, digital communication requirements, and debate over the regulation of platform work.

On May 15, following the release of a recent legal update regarding the recent amendments to Regulatory Standard No. 1 (NR 1), the Ministry of Labor and Employment published Ordinance MTE No. 765/2025, which directly impacts the implementation schedule of the changes set forth for chapter 1.5 of NR 1.

Recent amendments to Regulatory Standard No. 1 ("NR1") of the Brazilian Ministry of Labor and Employment have significantly impacted the landscape of business practices and Occupational Health and Safety ("OHS").

On April 12, 2021, Decree 10,671 was published, enacting the Maritime Labour Convention ("MLC 2006" or "MLC"), which was approved at the 94th International Labor Conference in 2006.

Many organisations in Brazil have kept their employees on remote work even after the expiry of the provisional government decree on the matter.

A Secretaria Especial de Previdência e Trabalho do Ministério da Economia, submeteu à consulta pública uma série de temas de interesses setoriais ou geral. A proposta é de alterar de Decretos e Normas

Both the legislation and case law in Brazil are quite restrictive as regards vacation, which is considered a matter directly related to the workers' health, safety and well being.