The article “Mass dismissal: what changes after the STF decision?”, by lawyer Monique Lessa, is featured on the Monitor Mercantil portal.
In a recent decision by the Supreme Court, a majority of votes determined that prior collective bargaining is mandatory for mass layoffs.
This means that companies that need to make a collective dismissal must first seek out the union of the workers’ professional category in order to find measures to mitigate the social effects caused by the collective dismissal. This dialogue does not mean, however, that the workers’ unions will have to authorize collective dismissals.
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