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When one speaks of startups, one of the first things that comes to mind is the informality of the work environment compared to that of traditional businesses. Flexible work schedules and stripped-down offices, coupled with the possibility of rapid career advancement, are often startups’ greatest attraction in recruiting talent in the job market. However, not all informality is positive for business.
Startups create innovative business models. One example is the shared economy, which emerged from the broadening of the concept of the gig economy[1] (also known as the "freelancer economy"). In it, online platforms serve as a broker between freelancers or service providers and people or companies that need their work and guarantee these professionals autonomy to work when and how they want.
At the end of January, the Federal Revenue Service of Brazil (RFB) modified its understanding regarding the collection of social security contributions on employer food assistance. Communication of the change was done on the 25th through the publication of Cosit Consultation Resolution 35/19, which is applicable to all companies, whether or not they are enrolled in the Workers' Food Program (PAT)
Presidential Decree (MP) No. 873/2019, published on March 1, 2019, amended the CLT to prohibit the collection of union dues from any employees who have not given express authorization, individually and in writing to their union, following the case law of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), which had already ruled the collection of trade union dues to be optional.
Before the Labor Reform (Law No. 13,467/17), in force as of November 11, 2017, if companies did not grant a full one-hour break for meals and rest, the so-called intra-workday break, they had to pay an entire hour of overtime, even if employees had enjoyed most of this time. That is, employers who granted only 15 minutes were treated in the same manner as employers who granted 45 minutes of meal break.
The professionals who work in the area of corporate integrity have raised great expectations regarding the beginning of the new federal government this year, especially regarding the performance of the new justice minister, former magistrate Sergio Moro, who became known for the judgments in the largest corporate corruption case in Brazil, Operation Carwash.
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