Brazil

Last update: 13/01/2022

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1981
1984
2001
2002
Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)
1957
Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention (1952)
Discrimination Convention (Employment and Occupation) (1958)
1965
Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention (1981)
Maternity Protection Convention (2000)
Domestic Workers Convention (2011)
2018
Violence and Harassment at work Convention (2019)

  • Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (5 October, 1988)

  • Act-Law No. 5.452 (1 May, 1943), approving the Consolidation of Labour Laws

  • Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (of 5 October 1988)

  • Decree-Law No. 5452 of 1 May 1943, approving the Codification of the Labour Laws (of 1 May 1943)

  • Law No. 15.069 of 23 December 2024, establishing the National Policy on Care

  • Decree-Law No. 5.452 approving the Consolidation of Labour Laws (1 May, 1943)

  • Law No. 13.257 on early childhood public policies (8 March, 2016)

  • Law No. 8.213 on social security benefit plans (24 July, 1991)

  • Law No. 8.212 on the organisation of social security (24 July, 1991)

  • Law No. 13.257 (8 March, 2016). which provides for early childhood public policies and amends Law No. 8.069/1990 (8 March, 2016)

  • Complementary Law No. 150 (1 June, 2015), setting out the legal provisions applicable to domestic employment contracts

  • Law No. 8.212 (24 July, 1991), stipulating the organisation of Social Security, establishing a cost plan and setting out further provisions

  • Constitutional Amendment No. 103 (12 November, 2019)

  • Law No. 8.213 (24 July, 1991), stipulating the plans for Social Security benefits and other provisions

  • Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil. 5 October 1988.

  • Law 4595. Provision on Monetary, Banking and Credit Institutions and Policy, the National Monetary Council and other measures. 31 December 1964.

  • Law 12414. Regulates the formation and consultation of databases containing the payment information of individuals or legal entities in order to create a credit history. 9 June 2011.

  • Decree 9936. 24 July 2019. Implementing regulation for law 12414.

  • Law 13709. 14 August 2018. General data protection law.

  • Law 12087 on the provision of financial assistance by the Union to the States, Federal Districts and Municipalities in 2009 with the objective of promoting the country's exports, and on the participation of the Union in credit risk guarantee funds for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and for rural producers and their cooperatives; also amends Laws 11.491, of 20 June 2007, 8.036, of 11 May 1990, and 8.001, of 13 March 1990. 11 November 2009.

  • Decree 10425. Provision on the Council for Participation in Credit Risk Guarantee Funds for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and the Council for Participation in Educational Credit Operations. 16 July 2020.

  • Law 13999. National Support Programme for Micro and Small Enterprises (Pronampe), aimed at the development and strengthening of small enterprises; also amends Laws No. 13.636 of 20 March 2018, 10.735 of 11 September 2003, and 9.790 of 23 March 1999. 18 May 2020.

  • Law No.13.636. Establishes the National Programme of Targeted Productive Microcredit (PNMPO); and repeals the provisions of Law No. 11.110 of 25 April 2005 and Law No. 10.735 of 11 September 2003. 20 March 2018.

  • Law 8078. Provisions on consumer protection and other measures. 11 September 1990.

  • Law 14478. Legal framework for crypto-assets. 21 December 2022.

  • Decree 11563. Implementing regulations of Law 14478, to establish the competences of the Central Bank of Brazil. 13 June 2023.

  • Law 12865. Authorises the payment of a financial subsidy to producers for specified 2011/2012 sugar cane and ethanol harvests and financing for the renovation and construction of sugar cane plantations with interest rate equalisation; provides for the payment methods and payment institutions that form part of the Brazilian Payment System (SPB); authorises the Union to issue federal public debt securities directly, in favour of the Energy Development Account (CDE); establishes new conditions for rural credit transactions originating from or contracted with resources from the Northeast Constitutional Financing Fund (FNE); amends the terms established in Laws No. 11.941 of 27 May 2009 and No. 12.249 of 11 June 2010; authorises the Union to contract Banco do Brasil S.A. or its subsidiaries to manage resources, works and engineering services related to the development of projects, modernisation, expansion, construction or renovation of the integrated and specialised network to assist women in situations of violence; regulates digital documents in the National Financial System; regulates the transfer, upon death, of the right to the private use of a public space in the form of urban facilities such as kiosks, trucks, markets and newspaper and magazine kiosks; modifies the impact of the PIS/Pasep and Cofins taxes on the production and marketing chain for soya and its derivatives; amends Laws No. 12.666 of 14 June 2012, 5.991 of 17 December 1973, 11.508 of 20 July 2007, 9.503 of 23 September 1997, 9.069 of 29 June 1995, 10.865 of 30 April 2004, 12.587 of 3 January 2012, 10.826 of 22 December 2003, 10.925 of 23 July 2004, 12.350 of 20 December 2010, 4.870 of 1 December 1965 and 11.196 of 21 November 2005, and Decree No. 70.235 of 6 March 1972; repeals the provisions of Laws No. 10.865 of 30 April 2004, 10.925 of 23 July 2004, 12.546 of 14 December 2011 and 4.870 of 1 December 1965, among other measures. 9 October 2013.

  • No applicable law

  • DECREE No. 9,612/2018. Public telecommunications policy. Amended by DECREE No. 10,799/2021.

  • Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet (Law 12965/2014): Establishes principles, guarantees, rights and duties for the use of the Internet in Brazil, promoting digital inclusion and the protection of users’ rights.

  • Law No. 14,533/2023, National Digital Education Policy (PNED): promotes universal access. No mention of gender issues.

  • Budgetary Guidelines Law for 2025 (of 30 August 2024)

  • Law 11.340, Maria da Penha, Prohibits domestic and family violence against women (of 7 August 2006)

  • Law 13.467, amending the consolidation of labour laws approved by Decree No. 5452 (1 May 1943) (of 13 July 2017)

  • Law 14.457, establishing the Emprega + Mujeres (Employment + Women) Programme, amends the Consolidation of Labour Laws, and Laws No. 11.770, 13.999, and 12.513 (of 21 September 2022).

  • Law 13.104, which defines femicide (of 9 March 2015)

  • Political Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (of 5 October 1988)

  • Decree No. 10.088, consolidates regulatory acts issued by the Federal Executive Branch that provide for the enactment of International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions and recommendations ratified by the Federative Republic of Brazil (of 5 November 2019)

  • Law 13.641, amending Law 11.340 (Maria da Penha Law) to classify the crime of failure to comply with urgent protection measures (of 3 April 2018)

  • Law 13.505, adds provisions to Law 11.340 (Maria da Penha Law) to guarantee the right of women affected by domestic and family violence to receive specialised, uninterrupted and proportionate police and expert assistance, preferably from female civil authorities (of 8 November 2017)

  • Law 14.717, establishing a special pension scheme for children born to mothers who are victims of femicide (effective 31 October 2023)

  • Law 14.188, defines the Sinal Vermelho anti-domestic violence cooperation programme as one of the measures to combat domestic and family violence against women provided for in Law 11.340 (Maria da Penha Law) and the Criminal Code, throughout the national territory; it amends the penalty for simple bodily harm committed against women on the grounds of their gender and introduces the criminal offence of psychological violence against women into the Criminal Code (of 28 July 2021)

  • Law 14.022, establishing measures to combat domestic and family violence against women, children, adolescents, the elderly, and persons with disabilities during the public health emergency resulting from the coronavirus outbreak of 2019 (of 7 July 2020)

  • Law 13.718, defines the crimes of “sexual harassment” and dissemination of images of rape (of 24 September 2018)

  • Law 13.239, on the provision and performance, within the scope of the Unified Health System (SUS), of reconstructive plastic surgery for injuries caused by acts of violence against women (of 30 December 2015)

  • Law 12.845, which provides for mandatory and comprehensive care for persons affected by sexual violence (of 1 August 2013)

  • Law 10.886, which adds paragraphs to Article 129 of Decree Law 2.848 on the classification of domestic violence as a crime (of 17 June 2004).

  • Law 10.778, establishing mandatory nationwide reporting of all cases of violence against women treated by public or private health services (of 24 November 2003).

  • Law 10.224, amending Decree Law No. 2.848 (Criminal Code) and classifies sexual harassment and other acts as crimes (of 15 May 2001).

  • Political Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil ,(of 5 October 1988)

  • Decree No. 11.431, establishing the Women Living Without Violence Programme (of 8 March 2023)

  • Law 14.942, amending Law No. 14.448 of 9 September 2022 to provide for the Red Bank Project, awareness-raising actions in public places and the awarding of projects within the framework of Agosto Lilás (Purple August), a month dedicated to raising awareness about eliminating violence against women (of 31 July 2024)

  • Law 14.717, establishing a special pension for the children and dependent children or adolescents who are orphaned as a result of the crime of femicide as defined in section VI of paragraph 2 of Article 121 of Decree-Law No. 2.848 of 7 December 1940 (Criminal Code), whose monthly per capita family income is equal to or less than 1/4 (one quarter) of the minimum wage (of 31 October 2023).

  • Law 14. 713, amending Laws No. 10.406, of 10 January 2002 (Civil Code), and No. 13.105, of 16 March 2015 (Code of Civil Procedure), to establish the risk of domestic or family violence as an impediment to the exercise of joint custody, as well as imposing a duty on the judge to consult the Attorney General’s Office and the parties in question in advance, to establish the existence or otherwise of domestic or family violence involving the couple or their children (of 30 October 2023)

  • Resolution No. 351 of the Attorney General establishing, within the scope of the Judiciary, the Policy for the Prevention and Combating of Psychological Harassment, Sexual Harassment and Discrimination (of 28 October 2020).

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