Labor and employment
Our attorneys analyze possible questions Brazilian companies may have regarding changes in health and safety rules during the covid-19 pandemic.
Companies may make FGTS payments for March, April, and May 2020 from July onwards.
Cases of covid-19 will only be deemed occupational when the causal link between the disease and the work performed can be proved.
Employees will be able to offset the interruption of activities with overtime work of up to two hours per day for 18 months.
Companies may negotiate profit sharing programs directly with employees only if labor unions, summoned to join the discussions, fail to respond within seven days.
Discussions related to working hours and control thereof are extremely relevant for companies in Brazil, due to the large number of lawsuits in the Labor Courts involving the payment of overtime, a problem historically related to two factors:
The legal precautions that companies should take to comply with employee isolation measures during the covid-19 pandemic.
As of the 16th day, employees will be considered to be on sick leave covered by the INSS.
The deliberations and voting on the report of Executive Order (MP) No. 905/2019, scheduled for Tuesday, March 3, have motivated various discussions on the subject, especially in public hearings scheduled for this purpose.
It is an increasingly common trend at companies to create areas of innovation to stimulate the creativity of employees and reinvent the business model, in relation to both internal processes and flows and products and services.
Prejudices and systematic practices of discrimination against people with disabilities in the work environment have motivated international bodies such as the International Labour Organization (ILO) to have this problem covered in their conventions and recommendations.
