📅 1 January 2008
The law required written contracts and set rules for termination, severance and open-ended employment. It offered a legal tool for workers, but protections were unevenly enforced and migrant and...
📅 13 September 1830
The law of 13 September 1830 regulated written service contracts by free Brazilian and foreign workers, with penalties for breach and provisions that could compel performance. It belongs to a wider...
📅 11 October 1837
Law 108 regulated contracts for immigrant settlers and their employers, including contract terms and penalties. It belongs to an expanding debate about labor supply amid continued slavery. Immigrant...
📅 28 December 1853
Decree 1303 provided that Africans who completed the prescribed fourteen-year service could seek emancipation, while also directing where they could reside and that they take paid work or service....
📅 24 September 1864
Imperial Decree 3310 emancipated surviving Africans classified as emancipados, regardless of how long they had served. This formal change ended the assigned-service condition for those covered, though...
📅 5 January 1907
Decree 1,637 provided a legal framework for professional unions and associations of workers and employers. It opened one route for collective organization, but legal recognition did not erase state...
📅 12 December 1930
Decree 19,482 required certain employers and public contractors to show that at least two-thirds of their employees were Brazilian-born. The measure responded to unemployment and shaped the balance...
📅 1 May 1940
Decree-Law 2,162 instituted a statutory minimum wage and set regional schedules. A wage floor recognized workers as people with claims on employers, but protections depended on which sectors and...
📅 11 December 1972
Law 5,859 regulated domestic employment and established a limited set of rights, including registration and paid vacation under specified conditions. It was a milestone after generations in which...
📅 21 July 1937
On 21 July 1937, the British House of Commons discussed a commission to investigate the Trinidad and Tobago disturbances. The stated terms included examining their causes and the government’s...
📅 25 May 2009
After extended negotiations, the COSPAR and MEDEF signed an agreement for a monthly bonus for lower-paid workers. Témoignages reported that the accord set different amounts by salary band and...
📅 1 December 2020
The Charter’s first years show that signed commitments can establish a network, but ongoing monitoring and institutional ownership remain necessary.
