On November 1, 2021, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security issued an Ordinance (MTP No. 620/2021) disciplining the limits for employers to require proof of vaccination from their employees, as well as from job applicants. According to the Ordinance, companies cannot demand proof of vaccination as a requirement to maintain the employment relationship. Termination for […]
In brief On 27 October 2021, the Regulatory Ordinance of the Ministry of Environment No. 487, dated 26 October 2021, was published. The ordinance establishes the category Forest+Agro under the National Program of Payments for Environmental Services – Forest+, which in turn was established by Ministry of Environment Ordinance No. 288 of 2 July 2020. […]
In brief A few days away from COP26, the federal government on 25 October 2021 launched the Green Growth National Program (PNCV). The program was coordinated by the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of the Economy, and seeks to align economic growth with sustainable development toward a green and low-carbon economy. The program […]
In brief The Supreme Court ruled the direct action for the declaration of unconstitutionality (“ADIN”) # 5766, involving payment of attorney’s fees in the event free access to justice is granted. We understand that this decision may affect the intention of former employees who were afraid to file labor claims and, thus, be sentenced in […]
In brief The Bill of Law n. 2.058/2021, approved on October 6, 2021 by the House of Representatives, changes significantly the Law n. 14.151/2021, currently in effect, to provide the mandatory return to on-site work of pregnant employees vaccinated against COVID-19 and aims to provide measures to deal with the legal gaps brought by the […]
In Brief The Federal Senate approved yesterday the Complementary Law Project No. 05/2021, which provides for the extension of exemptions, incentives, and tax and financial-tax benefits linked to the ICMS, aimed at maintaining or increasing commercial activities, provided that the beneficiary is the actual sender of the goods. More details The Federal Senate approved yesterday […]
As reported in our last e-alert, on September 6, 2021, President Jair Bolsonaro signed Provisional Measure (“MP”) No. 1.068/2021, amending the Brazilian Internet Legal Framework, which regulates the use of the internet in Brazil. The MP was criticized by different sectors of society, who argued that it did not meet the applicable formal and material […]
The Brazilian Justice Counsel published on September 29, 2021 decision regulating arbitral letters, which are the instruments foreseen in Brazilian Arbitration Act and in the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure for communications between arbitral tribunals and judicial courts. Although arbitrators are equivalent to judges, they do not have powers to issue certain coercitive orders, such […]
Please be advised that, on September 30 2020 (Thursday), the Social Security Department website released on the Internet, the new “Accident Prevention Factor” (“FAP”) rate for each company, which will have a direct impact on company’s payroll social contributions for the year 2022. FAP is a multiplication factor – that varies from 0,5 to 2,0 […]
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