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New Brazil Pay Transparency Report Is Due by the End of September 2024

Littler on 9/5/2024

In July 2023, the Brazilian Congress passed a law with new and more stringent rules relating to equal pay, with a particular focus on the gender pay gap. The law requires a number of measures be implemented to make...more

Brazil: Restrictive Covenants

Mayer Brown on 7/25/2024

AT A GLANCE - Despite Brazilian law providing no specific regulations on restrictive covenants, post-termination restrictive covenants are valid in Brazil, particularly among key employees who have valuable connections,...more

October 2023 Global Immigration Alert

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/2/2023

Please note, while we address some country-specific updates related to the COVID-19 pandemic, this Alert contains information regarding global restrictions and closures as they stand today. Given the constantly changing...more

September 2023 Global Immigration Alert

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/5/2023

CA District Court: Dodd Frank Whistleblower Provision Does Not Apply Extraterritorially

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense on 11/11/2021

On June 28, 2021, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted the Company’s Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss after an executive claimed he was discharged in violation of the Dodd-Frank...more

New Brazilian Ordinance Restricts Employers’ Use of Vaccination Mandates

Littler on 11/3/2021

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) issued Ordinance # 620/2021,...more

Brazil: Q&A Employer COVID-19 Vaccination Policies (UPDATED)

World Law Group on 5/7/2021

WLG asked member firms around the globe to provide some insight on employer and employee rights when it comes to requiring the COVID-19 vaccine to return to work. Responses for Brazil have been updated with new questions...more

Brazil - Q&A - Employer COVID-19 Vaccination Policies

World Law Group on 1/15/2021

We asked our member firms around the globe to provide some insight on employer and employee rights when it comes to requiring the COVID-19 vaccine to return to work. Ana Carolina Maciel Ribeiro de Almeida shares her views...more

New Salary Threshold for “Hyper-Sufficient” Employees in Brazil

Littler on 1/23/2020

On January 14, 2020, the Brazilian Ministry of Economy issued an ordinance fixing the 2020 maximum payout amount of social security retirement benefits at R$6,101.06, representing a 4.48% increase to the maximum payout rate...more

Provisional Measure #905 – A New Mini Labor Reform in Brazil

Littler on 1/7/2020

Provisional Measure # 905 (“PM”), published on November 12, 2019, establishes a new type of labor relationship in Brazil. The PM aims to reduce the alarmingly high unemployment rate affecting younger workers in the country,...more

New Ordinances Streamline Employer Reporting Requirements in Brazil

Littler on 11/22/2019

Brazil continues to streamline employer submissions of required employment data by integrating more workplace reporting requirements into the eSocial system. Coming on the heels of the Economic Freedom Act (Law 13.874/2019),...more

Brazil Enacts Major Labor Reform

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/26/2017

The Brazilian Congress has approved an important labor reform bill. The new law, Law 13.467, is a sweeping modernization of more than a hundred clauses in Brazil’s Consolidated Labor Law, many of which have been untouched...more

Brazil to Enact Expansive Labor Law Reforms

Littler on 7/13/2017

On July 11, 2017, the Brazilian Senate approved the Labor Reform Bill, which is now before the president for signing. The Labor Reform Bill is one of the current administration's main projects to reignite the economy and make...more

Brazil eSocial Trial Period Begins on June 26, 2017

Littler on 6/27/2017

After months of uncertainty, on June 23, 2017, the eSocial Steering Committee in Brazil finally issued a new resolution launching a restricted platform for companies to begin testing the program. The program will be available...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 5/16/2017

With oil markets again in free fall, Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to cut production, and industry experts expect that the rest of OPEC may soon follow suit....more

Brazil Labor & Employment Update

Littler on 7/27/2016

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...more

Brazil’s eSocial—Is Your Company Ready for Compliance by September?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/1/2016

The Brazilian government has developed a groundbreaking unified electronic platform for mandatory reporting of employee data, payroll data, health and safety records, and tax information. The program, “eSocial,” will...more

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