The firm has a broad offering in the labor, employment accident and social security areas, including active participation in the development of work routines and practices such as drafting employment agreements and service provider agreements, guidance in collective bargaining and assistance in all facets of labor relations.
We also act in labor litigation and in negotiations directed toward settling claims and in the evaluation of labor liabilities.
Highly skilled and experienced professionals address labor and social security matters. Working nationwide, we engage in litigation, dispute prevention and resolution.
In summary, services in our labor and social security practice encompass:
Labor Advisory:
• Consultations and Opinions;
• Drafting, reviewing and analyzing contracts and other documents related to employment and independent contractor relationships and commercial representation and agency arrangements;
• Assistance in designing, implementing and managing remuneration and employee incentive plans, whether individual or collective;
• Assistance in the implementation of and compliance with occupational safety and health standards;
• Assistance in the preparation of internal workplace policies and procedures;
• Opinions on executive compensation, corporate governance, compliance standards, inpatriates and expatriates, and compensation of financial institution directors (Central Bank Resolution No. 3.921/2010), as well as the modeling and implementation of profit sharing programs (“PLR”), compensation policy of financial institution administrators and codes of ethics and conduct;
• Advisory to companies on the withholding and payment of contributions to the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), whether owed by the company itself as employer or as withholding agent where labor is outsourced;
• Labor due diligence services, including in the context of M&A transactions;
• Calculations of labor Contingencies.
Labor Litigation:
• Defense and representation in labor claims, including workplace accidents and illnesses, infraction notices, investigatory procedures and public civil actions.
To keep clients up-to-date on labor law developments, from time to time we prepare internal newsletters and make presentations in association conferences and seminars on the dominant labor-related themes under discussion at the time.