Employees who refuse vaccination may be dismissed with just cause

The President of the Superior Labor Court (“TST”), Maria Cristina Peduzzi, has told the press that employees who unreasonably refuse to take the covid-19 vaccine may be fired for cause. In the Minister’s understanding, the right of the collectivity overrides the individual’s right to choose whether or not to take the immunization. The aforementioned position […]

LABOR REGULATORY MARK

On November 10, 2021, the Federal Government published Decree No. 10,854/2021 (“Decree”), which deals with the consolidation of the Infralegal Labor Regulatory Framework. The Decree reviewed and consolidated about a thousand decrees, ordinances, and normative instructions of a labor nature, which were grouped into 15 norms, with the objective of reducing bureaucracy in procedures related […]

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT LAW AND THE CHANGES IN CORPORATE LAW

On August 26th, was sanctioned the Business Environment Law, Law 14,195/2021, materializing the provisions of Provisional Measure 1,040/2021 authored by the Ministry of Economy, whose intention is to facilitate the opening and operation of companies in Brazil, the aforementioned law deals with, among other issues, reducing bureaucracy, protecting minority shareholders, and facilitating foreign trade. Among […]

Remote maintenance for small repairs unbureaucratizes aero-agricultural aviation

The process of small repair maintenance in aeronautical aviation has gained significant agility with the publication of Supplemental Instruction – IS No. 145-009, Revision C (“IS No. 145-009 Revision C”), as part of the immediate actions of the Simple Flight Program, launched by the Federal Government in conjunction with the National Civil Aviation Agency (“ANAC”) […]

Single Flight Program

On October 7, 2020, the Federal Government announced the official launch of the Simple Flight Program, an initiative of the National Civil Aviation Agency (“ANAC”) in conjunction with the Ministry of Infrastructure. The Program concerns a package of 52 (fifty-two) measures aimed at general aviation and has the objective of “simplifying” civil aviation and fostering […]

COMMENTS TO THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION N. 15/2020 OF THE NATIONAL AGENCY OF CIVIL AVIATION (“ANAC”)

The Public Consultation n. 15/2020 (the “Consultation”), which is being conducted by ANAC, in accordance with the procedures established by the legislation in force, has the purpose of submitting a proposal to amend the Brazilian Civil Aviation Regulation (“RBAC”) n. 145, entitled “Aeronautical Product Maintenance Organizations”, which aims to reduce the bureaucratic burden and increase […]

COVID-19 LABOR MEASURES: OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE AND EMERGENCY BENEFIT PAYMENT

STF SUSPENDS ARTICLES OF MP 927/2020 NEW PROVISIONAL MEASURE NO. 959/2020 DISCIPLINES THE OPERATIONALIZATION OF THE PAYMENT OF EMERGENCY BENEFIT WITH PROHIBITION OF INDICATION OF SALARY ACCOUNT FOR RECEIPT OF BENEFIT By majority vote, the Plenary of the Supreme Court (“STF”) decided Wednesday, April 29, 2020, that COVID-19 can be characterized as an occupational disease, […]