The 2017 labor reform in Brazil was a significant change in the country's
Consolidation of Labor Laws
The Consolidation of Labor Laws (, CLT), officially Decree Law No. 5,452, is the decree which governs labor relations in Brazil. It was issued in 1943 by Getúlio Vargas, President of Brazil and was officially adopted on May 1, 1943. The Constitu ...
().
According to the government, the goal of the reform was to combat unemployment and the still ongoing
2014 Brazilian economic crisis.
The bill was proposed and sent to the
Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures.
Description
Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourb ...
by the president
Michel Temer
Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 1 January 2019. He took office after the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impe ...
on December 23, 2016. Since then, during its processing in the
National Congress, it was going through several debates and additions to the original bill, for example, the proposal to end the obligatory syndicate (labor union) tax paid by workers hired under the CLT.
The bill was approved by the Chamber on April 26, 2017, with 296 favorable votes and 177 against. Later, in the
Federal Senate, it was approved on July 11, 2017, by 50 versus 26 votes. It was then sanctioned by the president on July 13, 2017, with no vetoes. The law will start to be valid on November 11 of the same year, 120 days after the sanction.
Labor reform was controversial in Brazilian society. Its supporters argue that the reform addresses legal certainty and increase the number of jobs. Its critics argue that the reform violates the
Brazilian constitution and
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is one of the firs ...
conventions signed by Brazil.
Changes
Most of the changes involve intricate details. The most simple changes were:
See also
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2017 Brazilian general strike
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Outsourcing law in Brazil
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Brazil Fiscal reform (2016)
References
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Government of Michel Temer
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Brazilian labour law