Brazil, Employment Litigation

Brazil’s Supreme Court Suspends All Cases Discussing Contractor Reclassification: What Businesses Need to Know

Fisher Phillips on 6/4/2025

Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court recently suspended all pending lawsuits alleging that contractors should be reclassified to employees. The suspension, which was issued last month, covers both contractors who are engaged...more

New Developments on the Enforceability of Releases in Brazil

Littler on 10/8/2024

In 2017, companies in Brazil welcomed changes to its labor code that introduced the option for securing enforceable releases to employment law claims. The changes to the labor code included allowing parties to seek a...more

Client Centricity in Practice - Part Two

International Lawyers Network on 6/22/2023

Last week, we brought you part one of our session from Rio, “Client Centricity in Practice,” moderated by Melissa Kanô and Alexandre Pessoa of KLA Advogados, who were joined by Waldemar Thiago Junior, Vice President, Managing...more

Littler Global Guide - Brazil - Q3 2019

Littler on 10/25/2019

On September 20, 2019, Law 13.874/2019 was enacted and is already in effect. This law, known as the Economic Freedom Act, modifies a few bodies of law, including Law 12.682/2012 that specifically sets procedures to create and...more

Littler Global Guide - Brazil - Q1 2019

Littler on 4/19/2019

The Brazilian President signed into law the Provisory Measure (MP) # 873 on March 1, 2019. The MP # 873 modified and deleted some provisions of the Brazilian Labor Code (CLT) relating to union dues. When the CLT was modified...more

Release Agreements in Brazil: A New Way to Solve Conflicts Between Employers and Employees

Littler on 5/2/2018

Since the recently approved Labor Reform in Brazil took effect, companies and employees have a new way to solve their conflicts amicably. ...more