The legality of the requirement of criminal records for jobseekers
Much is debated about the employer's right to require a negative criminal record certificate from candidates for vacancies offered or whether the distinction of these by such criterion would entail moral damages. Given the great controversy generated by the theme, in 2017, the 4th Panel of the Superior Labor Court raised a repetitive appeal incident […]
Should the employer bear the costs of teleworking?
Due to the social distancing imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, many employers adopted the telework regime and their employees began to carry out their activities at home through information and communication technologies. In this scenario, a recurring question is: should the employer bear expenses, such as equipment, internet, telephone and light, that the employee will […]
The use of the social name of transvestites and transsexuals in the Work and Social Security Card (CTPS)
In Brazil, the life expectancy of transvestites and transsexuals is 35 (thirty-five) years, according to a survey by the National Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals (ANTRA). This data is reflected in the experience of transvestites and transsexuals who, according to the "Dossier Murders and Violence Against Transvestites and Transsexuals Brazilian in 2020", published by ANTRA […]
Learning and Collective Bargaining Contract
Law No. 10,097 of 19 December 2000 amended Articles 428 et. Allowing young people entering the labor market to increase professional experience to the technical training necessary for their careers, the aforementioned articles establish the mandatory hiring of workers, aged between 14 and 24 years, enrolled in technical-professional training programs, for a maximum period of […]
The end of the state of public calamity and its effects on the labor measures adopted to cope with the pandemic of the covid-19
One of the main measures to contain the social impacts caused by the Covid-19 pandemic was the edition of Provisional Measure (MP) No. 936 in April 2020, converted into Law No. 14,020 in July 2020, which created the Emergency Program for The Maintenance of Employment and Income and instituted labor measures such as the agreements […]
What has changed at PLR in 2020
Law 14.020/20, in addition to incorporating MP 936/20 (which deals with the possibility of suspension of the employment contract and wage reduction during the covid-19 pandemic) also brought rules that alter some important points of Law No. 10,101/2000, which regulates the participation of employees in the profits or results of companies (PLR). Below are the […]
Supreme Court sets new update for labor debts
At the last session of the year, the Supreme Court (STF) concluded the trial of actions* that discussed the monetary correction of labor judicial debts and determined that the application of the Reference Rate (TR) is unconstitutional. Following the vote of Minister Gilmar Mendes, rapporteur of the actions, the majority of ministers of the Court […]
Supreme Federal Court judges Theme 497 of the General Repercussion (Provisional Stability Pregnant)
The Supreme Court (STF) dismissed the appeal of a company in the area of services and based that the ignorance of the pregnancy of employee when dismissal does not remove the responsibility of the employer for the payment of compensation for stability. In the judgment of the Extraordinary Appeal (RE) 629053, with general repercussion recognized, […]
What's in the project that tries to change the rights of rural workers
Among the various threats and loss of rights is the proposal that ceases to consider commuting to the workplace as part of the journey and allows to make the rest period more flexible. While Congress and the federal government discuss welfare and labor reforms, another bill proposes changes aimed at rural workers. The proposal is […]
Labor Reform
CLT change will reduce usual overtime-related processes Labor reform can reduce the number of usual overtime-related lawsuits that arrive every day in the judiciary. For experts, the possibility of negotiating bank hours and hiring intermittent work will be decisive. The changes promoted by Congress in the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT) should begin to take […]