Brazil

Employing Workers in

Brazil

Listed below is a summary of the regulation of employment in this economy, specifically as it affects the hiring and redundancy of workers and the rigidity of working hours.

The information appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small- to medium-sized domestic business in 183 economies. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in June 2011.

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Topic Answer
Difficulty of hiring
Fixed-term contracts prohibited for permanent tasks? Yes
Maximum length of a single fixed-term contract (months) 24 (Art. 445)
Maximum length of fixed-term contracts, including renewals (months) 24
Minimum wage for a 19-year old worker or an apprentice (US$/month) 299.6
Ratio of minimum wage to value added per worker 0.26
Rigidity of hours
Standard workday in manufacturing (hours) 8 hours - Art. 58 of the Consolidated Labor Laws and art. 7º, XIII, of the Federal Constitution
Minimum daily rest required by law (hours) 11 - Art. 66 of the Consolidated Labor Laws
Maximum overtime limit in normal circumstances (hours) 2 hrs/day - Art. 59 of the Consolidated Labor Laws
Maximum overtime limit in exceptional circumstances (hours) 4 hrs/day (Art. 61, § 2º of the Consolidated Labor Law). Exceptional circumstances are force majeure, to exercise or complete unpostponable services or services which if not executed could cause damages.
Premium for overtime work (% of hourly pay) 50% - Article 7º, XVI of Federal Constitution
50-hour workweek allowed for 2 months a year in case of a seasonal increase in production? Yes
Maximum working days per week 6.0
Premium for night work (% of hourly pay) in case of continuous operations 20%
Premium for work on weekly rest day (% of hourly pay) in case of continuous operations 100%
Major restrictions on night work in case of continuous operations? Yes
Major restrictions on weekly holiday in case of continuous operations? No
Paid annual leave for a worker with 9 months of tenure (in working days) 0.0
Paid annual leave for a worker with 1 year of tenure (in working days) 26.0
Paid annual leave for a worker with 5 years of tenure (in working days) 26.0
Paid annual leave for a worker with 10 years of tenure (in working days) 26.0
Paid annual leave for a worker with 20 years of tenure (in working days) 26.0
Paid annual leave (average for workers with 1, 5 and 10 years of tenure, in working days) 26.0
Difficulty of redundancy
Dismissal due to redundancy allowed by law? Yes
Third-party notification if 1 worker is dismissed? No
Third-party approval if 1 worker is dismissed? No
Third-party notification if 9 workers are dismissed? No
Third-party approval if 9 workers are dismissed? No
Retraining or reassignment obligation before redundancy? No
Priority rules for redundancies? No
Priority rules for reemployment? No
Redundancy costs (weeks of salary)
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 9 months of tenure, in salary weeks) 4.3
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 1 year of tenure, in salary weeks) 4.3
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 5 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 4.3
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 10 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 4.3
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 20 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 4.3
Notice period for redundancy dismissal (average for workers with 1, 5 and 10 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 4.3
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 9 months of tenure, in salary weeks) 1.2
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 1 year of tenure, in salary weeks) 1.7
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 5 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 8.3
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 10 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 16.6
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (for a worker with 20 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 33.3
Severance pay for redundancy dismissal (average for workers with 1, 5 and 10 years of tenure, in salary weeks) 8.9
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