LABOR LAW, CLT AND THE 2017 BRAZILIAN LABOR REFORM - 发展与历史语境下的分析

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This study presents to a foreign audience a concise overview of the development of Brazilian Labor Law up to the Labor Reform approved by Law No. 13,467/2017. It examines how the reform significantly reshaped labor relations by amending key provisions of the “Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho-CLT” (Consolidation of Labor Laws-CLT), Law No. 6,019/1974, and other labor statutes. The analysis places the reform within its historical context, with emphasis on its material effects, particularly in Collective Labor Law and Labor Union Law.

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THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE LABOR LAW IN BRAZIL (1888-1930) AND THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE STEPS

THE PERIOD AFTER 1930: CONFIRMATION OF THE LABOR LAW IN BRAZIL AND THE ORIGIN OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF LABOR LAWS (CLT)

[Panor. Braz. law-Year 5-Numbers 7 and 8-2017-pp. 210-242](Panor. Braz. law-Year 5-Numbers 7 and 8-2017-pp. 210-242). ISSN 1075-1343 (print) ISSN 2318-1516 (online) DOI: [http://dx.doi.org/10.17768/pbl.a5.n7-8.p210](http://dx.doi.org/10.17768/pbl.a5.n7-8.p210) LABOR LAW, CLT AND THE 2017 BRAZILIAN LABOR REFORM1 João Renda Leal Fernandes2 Labor Judge at the Tribunal Regional do Trabalho da 1ª Região (Rio de Janeiro Regional Labor Court) . Post graduated in Public Law. Master’s candidate in Labor Law and Social Security Law at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro-UERJ (Rio de Janeiro State University) . Former Exchange student at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Tokyo, Japan) E-mail: [jrlfernandes@gmail.com](jrlfernandes@gmail.com) Received: 2018-01-22. Accepted:2018-03-14 Abstract: This study seeks to present to a foreign audience a brief description of the development of the Brazilian Labor Law, up to the Labor Reform approved by Law No. 13,467/2017, which significantly altered the nature of labor relations through amendments made to the texts ofthe “Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho-CLT”(Consolidation of Labor Laws-CLT), of Law No. 6,019/1974 and of other labor laws. The aim of this study is to analyze the Labor Reform within the historical context, with emphasis on its material aspects especially regarding the Collective Labor Law and Labor Union Law. Keyword : Labor Reform-Law No. 13,467/2017-Provisional Measure No. 808/2017 - CLT- Law No. 6,019/74 -Labor Law - Collective Labor Law-Union Law-Labor Courts-Outsourcing-Unions. 1. THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE LABOR LAW IN BRAZIL (1888-1930) AND THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE STEPS Understanding the subject of this study initially requires a brief analysis of the historical evolution of Labor Law in Brazil. 1 Study presented at the “Brazil-Japan Litigation and Society Seminar: Courts and Dispute Resolution”, University of Shinshu (Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan), January, 2018. 2 The author registers sincere acknowledgments to Celina Cantidiano and Christopher Burden for the valuable help and support in the translation to English Language and for the review of this work. It was only in 1888, at the end of the Brazilian imperial period (1824-1889), that the so-called “Lei Áurea”(Imperial Law No. 3,353/1988 – the Law that decreed the end [...]of slavery in the country) completely abolished slavery in Brazil, which was the last independent country in America to abolish the institution (whereas, in the United States, for example, abolition occurred twenty-five years earlier) . The end of slavery gave way to the expansion and development of subordinate labor. And the following year (1889), the first Brazilian Republic was proclaimed. However, contrary to what might be imagined, the establishment of the Brazilian Republic was not the result of a popular movement, but rather of a military coup carried out on November 15, 1889, which remains a national holiday in Brazil. The 1889 military takeover did not involve the broad participation of the people, who watched and observed the event largely as spectators. The period between 1889 and 1930 is known as the “First Republic” or the “Old Republic”, and was marked by strong economic liberalism and the concentration of political control in the hands of powerful agricultural groups. The Brazilian economy was based on agriculture, with a strong emphasis on exportation. The first Republican Constitution – the second Constitution in the history of Brazil – dates back to the year 1891.3 Some elements of the text of this Constitution deserve mention: the transition of the form of the government from monarchy to republic; the adoption of a presidential system of government; and the transformation of the State, from a unitary to a federal model. In the “Old Republic”(1889-1930), political power, as already mentioned, was concentrated in the hands of the agricultural exporting elite. Following the transference of

FAQs

What law approved the 2017 Brazilian Labor Reform discussed in the study?

The Labor Reform was approved by Law No. 13,467/2017.

Which legal instruments were amended to significantly alter labor relations under the Labor Reform?

The reform amended the CLT texts (Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho), Law No. 6,019/1974, and other labor laws.

How does the study approach the Labor Reform analysis?

It analyzes the Labor Reform within its historical context, focusing on its material aspects, especially regarding Collective Labor Law and Labor Union Law.

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