Brazil: Health & Safety

As Brazil's new psychosocial risk regulations take effect, employers face a unique opportunity during the 2026 World Cup. Could allowing employees to watch matches actually help companies comply with workplace...

A nova lei brasileira altera a CLT para expandir as obrigações empresariais relacionadas à saúde ocupacional, exigindo que empregadores informem ativamente os trabalhadores sobre seu direito a ausências remuneradas para exames preventivos de câncer, incluindo especificamente testes de HPV. As empresas agora devem implementar ações afirmativas de conscientização e fornecer orientação sobre acesso a serviços de diagnóstico, marcando uma mud

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...

Is your subsidiary in Brazil required to have an Internal Committee for the Prevention of Accidents ("Comissão Interna de Prevenção de Acidentes e Assédio" or "CIPA")?

On August 3rd, 2022, the Federal Senate approved the conversion of the Provisional Measure no. 1.018 into law. The measure was published on March 28, 2022, modifying remote work and meal allowance.

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)...

After more than a year of the entry into force of Law No. 13,467/2017 ("Labor Reform"), many issues/matters have not yet been judged/pacified by the Superior Courts.

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

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