The Brazilian Labor Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPT) announced in early 2025 the conclusion of a significant judicial agreement with Chinese automaker BYD, alongside contractors China Jinjiang Construction Brazil and Tecmonta …
The Brazilian Labor Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPT) announced in early 2025 the conclusion of a significant judicial agreement with Chinese automaker BYD, alongside contractors China Jinjiang Construction Brazil and Tecmonta …
A federal labor judge in Brazil ordered the government to add a poultry unit of meatpacker JBS to a so-called “dirty list” of employers responsible for subjecting workers to slavery-like …
Brazil’s labor court on Friday ordered Volkswagen to pay 165 million reais (about $30 million) for collective moral damages after workers were subjected to slave-like conditions at a company-owned farm …
The use of forced labor remains a pervasive and largely overlooked feature of the Brazilian cattle industry. On isolated ranches, often deep within ecologically vulnerable regions, workers are subjected to …
AS DUAS MAIORES redes de supermercados brasileiras, Carrefour e Assaí, notificaram os laticínios Tirol e Comevap (Cooperativa de Laticínios do Médio Vale do Paraíba) após flagrantes de trabalho análogo ao de escravo em …
Brazilian prosecutors said Tuesday they are suing Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD and two of its contractors over allegations of using workers in slave-like labor conditions and engaging in international …
Professor Maria Eugenia Rodriguez Florez recently published two important texts on platform work. The first text, written with Maria Figueroa, is the first chapter of the book “The Elgar Companion …
When Workers Pierce the Corporate Veil: Brazil’s Forgotten Innovation
Ask any corporate law scholar about the origins of corporate group law, and you’ll likely hear about Germany. The German Konzernrecht, codified in 1965, is celebrated as the pioneering framework for …