Changes to the Workers’ Food Program
Decree 11.678/2023, which updates the Workers’ Food Program and modifies some points of Decree 10.854/2021, was published and has been in force since August 31, 2023. The Workers’ Food Program (PAT), established by Law No. 6.321/76 – as amended by Law 14.442/22, which is based on guaranteeing nutritional conditions for workers in exchange for tax […]
Emprega + Mulheres program: how should companies adapt?
Suzanne Gouveia and Monique LessaLawyers at Marcos Martins Advogados After years of a lower ratio of women to men in the labor market, some initiatives are emerging to increase gender equality. In a promising proposal, the recent Law 14.457/2022 created the Emprega + Mulheres Program, seeking precisely to increase female participation in companies of all […]
STF invalidates double pay for vacations outside the legal period
Suzanne Gouveia de VasconcelosLawyer at Marcos Martins Advogados The Federal Supreme Court ruled that Precedent No. 450 of the TST, which also established double pay for vacations paid after the deadline set out in article 145 of the CLT, was unconstitutional. Almost a month after the decision handed down in the Action for Failure to […]
Law No. 14.261/2021 that recreates the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and establishes the Electronic Labor Domicile is sanctioned
Published on 17/12/2021, the law [re]creates the Ministry of Labor and Welfare, which until then had been unified with the Ministry of Economy. Created in 1930, the ministry was abolished on 01/01/2019 and absorbed by the Special Secretariat for Welfare and Labor, subordinate to the Ministry of Economy. On July 27, 2021, the Ministry of […]
