Labor laws in Brazil. Comparisons between the United States and the labor here in
Brazil. What are the differences?
We are an American family of seven, living
working and loving Brazil. Welcome to the adventures of Our Brazilian Life.
Alright, so in the last video we talked about starting a business here in Brazil and
one of the most important parts of starting a business here in Brazil is
your employees, your labor force. We had a comment from Living Our Best Life asking
about the labor here in this country and I'd like to talk a little bit more about
that. CLT is the main law that regulates labor
in Brazil. Now this year in 2019 the minimum wage minimum salary is
R$1,006 per month. The base cost of an employee in Brazil is a
lot more than R$1,006. Other than the minimum wage salary, there
is a thirteenth salary, which the employee receives at the end of every
year. It's an additional salary that they receive.
There's also transportation to and from work. The employer has to pay for meals.
There's also maternity leave, other employment taxes, which are similar to
Social Security in the United States. There's a paid thirty day vacation that
every employee receives and that accumulation of vacation starts from the
first day of employment. Another important thing to note is that the
work week is 44 hours. There is overtime but there are specific
rules that regulate how much overtime an employee can have. Every employee also
has to have either a one to two hour break or rest period during their normal
shift. Some of you are interested in the differences between labor in the United
States and labor in Brazil. There are three types of labor categories in the
United States. First of all, there is a minimum
wage, a minimum hourly wage and in the United States right now, that is $7.25
per hour. Now with a minimum hourly wage, the more you work the more money you earn.
The longer you work, the more money you'll earn. The other is salaried
employees. The salaried employee is basically how it is here in Brazil. They
receive a fixed amount of money per month no matter how much they work
Whether they work 30 hours a week or whether they work 80 hours a week,
they're gonna receive the same amount of money at the end of that period of time.
The third labor category is contract labor now that one person will receive a
fixed amount of money for a specific job or a specific period of time that they
work for their employer. So here's the big picture in Brazil: You come to Brazil,
you open up your business. You hire your first employee. That employee,
you contract with them a minimum wage. It has to be at least
R$1,006 per month. You can pay them more than that depending on
what the job is. Your employee also has the right to meals and transportation
subsidies. Now these costs are based on the region where your business is
located. Where your employee works. It is my experience that in doing business
here in Brazil it is mandatory, absolutely crucial to have an accounting
firm who knows how to navigate all of the labour laws to make it easy on you.
You don't want to have to deal with all these labor laws. Let the accountant deal
with all the details of the labor law so that it can be easy for you.
In the end, labor compared to the United States is inexpensive. It's worth it.
We are very happy with the employees that we have. They're very hard workers. A
lot of them speak English. We follow the laws and we pay them
according to the labor laws here in this country. So come on down. Come to Brazil.
You can open up a business here in this country and you can navigate these laws
with the help of professionals. It's great to do business in Brazil.
Hey guys. I want to present to you two of our fantastic employees. This is Carine.
She was one of our first employees here at Big Jump. We love her. And this
is Priscila. She is our assistant manager here at Big Jump and we're very
happy with our employees. Let's go in the office to see who's in here. This is Diana.
She is our party planner and she is another one of our fantastic employees.
We're happy to have her here working at Big Jump.
I love doing business in Brazil. If you guys have any questions about any of the
contents in this video, please comment below. I will answer your questions.
Please subscribe to our channel and let us know if you have any other questions
about doing business here in Brazil.
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