Salary Transparency: Companies with 100 or More Employees Must Update Information by August 31st
Salary Transparency: Companies with 100 or More Employees Must Update Information by August 31st. The deadline set by the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE) is from August 3rd to 31st, on the Emprega Brasil Portal. The data will feed into the 6th Salary Transparency and Remuneration Criteria Report, the first prepared after the validation of the Law of […].
Appeal Deposit: New Limits in Labor Courts Effective August 1st
Appeal Deposit: New Ceilings in Labor Courts Effective August 1st. Updated by the INPC (National Consumer Price Index), the limits are now R$ 14,411.57 for Ordinary Appeals and R$ 28,823.14 for Appeals to the Superior Labor Court, Appeals for Clarification, and Appeals in Rescissory Actions. The adjustment is approximately 4.33%. They came into effect on August 1st […]
Hybrid Work and Telework: Working Hours Control and the Right to Disconnect in 2026
Hybrid Work and Telework: Working Hours Control and the Right to Disconnect in 2026. Hybrid work has ceased to be a pandemic improvisation and has become a permanent model in many companies. This regime has its own regulations in the Brazilian Labor Code (CLT), in articles 75-A to 75-E, updated by Law No. 14.442/2022, which now allows for […]
Quotas and Diversity: Legal Challenges in Implementing Inclusion Policies (People with Disabilities and Apprentices)
Quotas and Diversity: Legal Challenges in Implementing Inclusion Policies (People with Disabilities and Apprentices) Diversity has definitively entered the agenda of Brazilian companies, but it is worth remembering that a large part of this agenda is not optional. Legislation imposes two concrete inclusion obligations: the quota for people with disabilities and rehabilitated individuals, as stipulated in article […]
PEC to End the 6x1 Work Schedule: Understand the Current Stage
PEC to End the 6x1 Work Schedule: Understand the Current Stage A proposed amendment to the Constitution that alters Article 7 of the Federal Constitution to reduce the maximum weekly working hours and eliminate the so-called 6x1 schedule (six days of work followed by one day of rest) is currently being processed in the National Congress. The text was approved by the Chamber of Deputies […]
Brazil's Supreme Court suspends "Uberization" trial to analyze ILO Convention 193.
Brazil's Supreme Court Suspends "Uberization" Trial: The Supreme Federal Court has postponed the trial that will determine whether or not there is an employment relationship between drivers and digital platforms. The Court's president, Justice Edson Fachin, removed Extraordinary Appeal (RE) 1,446,336, which deals with the topic, from the agenda of Wednesday's (June 24th) in-person session. The process […]
Outsourcing and Topic 1.389: Supreme Court Relaxes National Suspension and Allows Proceedings to Continue in Ordinary Courts
On June 18, 2026, Minister Gilmar Mendes, rapporteur of ARE 1.532.603/PR, the leading case for General Repercussion Theme 1.389, ordered the lifting of the national suspension of proceedings discussing the so-called "pejotização" (a practice of hiring workers as independent contractors to avoid labor laws), allowing their regular progress before the first-instance courts and the Regional Labor Courts. The decision does not address the […]
End of the 6x1 Work Schedule: Chamber approves Constitutional Amendment that now goes to the Senate.
End of the 6x1 Shift Schedule The Chamber of Deputies approved, in two rounds on Wednesday night (27), Constitutional Amendment Proposal No. 221, of 2019, which establishes the end of the 6x1 shift schedule and reduces the maximum working hours to 40 hours per week. The vote was overwhelming: 461 votes in favor and […]
Judicial Surety Bond: Formal Rigor Resumed
Judicial Guarantee Insurance: Formal Rigor Reinstated. The SBDI-1 (Specialized Section for Individual Labor Disputes) clarifies: registration of the policy with SUSEP (Superintendence of Private Insurance) must be proven at the time the appeal is filed. Subsequent regularization is not possible. What was under debate? The defendant company replaced the appeal deposit with judicial guarantee insurance when filing its appeal—a practice permitted by art. […]
TST Topic 41: Payment of Court Costs and Appeal Deposits by Third Parties — What are the Impacts for Companies?
What was decided in TST Case 41? A recent decision by the Superior Labor Court, in the judgment of the so-called Case 41, consolidated an understanding relevant to labor law proceedings: the payment of court costs and appeal deposits by third parties is valid. In other words, the Court began to admit that the preparation of the […]