📅 1 May 1943
Decree-Law 5,452 approved the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT), organizing many existing labor rules. Its exclusions left domestic service and much rural work outside key protections. Since...
📅 11 October 1945
Decree-Law 8,079 revised Article 7 of the CLT, listing domestic workers and rural workers among those to whom most provisions did not apply. The legal split was not written as a race clause, but it...
📅 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...
📅 2 April 2013
Constitutional Amendment 72 expanded domestic workers’ constitutional labor rights, addressing a long-standing gap between domestic service and other forms of employment. The change followed...
📅 1 June 2015
Complementary Law 150 regulated the domestic work contract and implemented rights associated with the 2013 amendment, including hours, overtime, and related protections. Its passage reflected...
