Emprega + Mulheres program: how should companies adapt?
The article “Emprega + Mulheres Program: how should companies adapt?”, by lawyers Monique Lessa and Suzanne Gouveia, is featured on the Segs portal. The program aims to positively transform labor relations, encouraging the participation of women with advantages that impact everyone involved in labor relations. But in order to guarantee the effectiveness of its proposals, […]
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 […]
Occupational safety: how are workplaces after the pandemic?
Maisa Ribeiro VidalLawyer at Marcos Martins Advogados With the end of the state of Public Health Emergency of National Importance (ESPIN), decreed due to the pandemic in Brazil, the Federal Government revoked the 23 decrees to combat the Covid-19 Pandemic in April of this year, which, however, does not mean that companies are exempt from […]
The impact of social media on employment relationships and labor lawsuits
Maisa Ribeiro VidalLawyer at Marcos Martins Advogados The impact of social media on labor relations and its probative value in labor cases is undeniable and has increased substantially with the pandemic. In this sense, it is extremely important to highlight the care that employers must take on a daily basis with information shared on social […]
Older professionals: what are the benefits of hiring them for companies?
The article “Elderly professionals: what are the benefits of hiring them for companies?”, by lawyer Heloisa de Alencar Santos, is featured in Jornal Jurid. With the increase in life expectancy among Brazilians, the number of companies reflecting on the advantages of hiring employees in old age has been growing. This issue has been gaining momentum […]
Older professionals: what are the benefits of hiring them for companies?
Heloisa de Alencar SantosLawyer at Marcos Martins Advogados Although the Statute of the Elderly (Law 10.741/2003) already provides for stimulating the creation of programs for the professionalization and admission of the elderly into the job market, the lack of tax incentives, social programs and social prejudice mean that Brazil is still far behind other countries […]
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 […]
Mass layoffs: what changes after the Supreme Court’s decision?
Monique Vieira LessaLawyer at Marcos Martins Advogados In a recent decision involving Embraer, the Supreme Court ruled by a majority of votes that prior collective bargaining is mandatory for mass layoffs of workers. As the issue has general repercussions, the decision will have to be applied by the other labor courts that hear cases involving […]
Pregnant and breastfeeding women in unhealthy working environments: how should companies proceed?
With the labor reform, Law 13,467, the work of nursing mothers and pregnant women in environments with certain degrees of unhealthiness is now permitted, except for duly certified health reasons. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Health issued Joint Ordinance 20/2020, which aimed to make the rights of pregnant […]
Occupational safety: preventive measures and the importance of documentation in reducing labor risks
The article “Occupational safety: preventive measures and the importance of documentation in reducing labor risks”, by lawyer Natália Tenório, was featured on the Mundo RH portal. Brazil is one of the countries with the highest number of formal workers injured or off work due to occupational illness, which makes the country rank 4th in the […]