On November 14, 11, Provisional Measure No. 2017/808 came into effect, amending Law No. 2017/13.467, also known as the Labor Reform Law. To access our updated presentation on the Labor Reform, simply click on the link: Labor Reform 24.11.17/XNUMX/XNUMX. Among additions and changes, approximately 20 articles of the CLT were significantly modified by the Provisional Measure, including: (i) restriction of the application of the 12hx36h workday by individual agreement to employees in the healthcare sector; (ii) modifications to the regulation of intermittent employment contracts; (iii) modification of the calculation basis for compensation for moral damages from the contractual salary to the Social Security ceiling; (iv) modifications to salary integration amounts (cost of living allowance, bonus, and tips); (v) prohibition of pregnant women from working in unhealthy activities, unless medically authorized for minimum and medium levels of unhealthiness; (vi) employee committees without overlapping with union activities; (vii) prohibition of exclusivity clauses in self-employment contracts; and (viii) determination of the full application of the provisions of the Labor Reform to current employment contracts.
As this is a Provisional Measure, it will produce its effects immediately but will depend on the approval of the National Congress to be definitively converted into law.
Therefore, Provisional Measure No. 808/2017 must be voted on by the National Congress within 120 days of its effective date for it to become definitive in Brazilian law. If this does not occur, its effects will cease, and only the acts carried out in compliance with it during its effective date will be valid.
