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7. Labor and employment: Brazil

Labor and employment in Brazil: how to hire under the CLT, what a worker really costs, the hours and leave the Constitution guarantees, how dismissals and severance work, and when outsourcing is safe, each tied to the official text.

Investor view. The 2017 reform freed outsourcing and gave collective bargaining real weight, and with costs that can be modeled to the real, Brazil's deep labor market rewards employers who budget fully and document carefully.

Employing people in Brazil: contracts, real cost of a hire, hours, dismissal and outsourcingBrazilian employees are hired under the CLT with a 2026 minimum wage of R$1,621 a month, a 13th salary, 30 days of paid vacation plus a one third bonus, an 8 percent FGTS deposit and 20 percent employ