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A growing number of Brazilians have opted to live abroad in recent years. The reasons for this choice are manifold: while in previous decades they were linked to employability and formation of equity, today they are more related to quality of life, economic stability, and security.
Cetesb (São Paulo State Environmental Company) approved new procedures for the incorporation of reverse logistics in the state environmental licensing process, by means of the Board Decision (DD) No. 114/2019/P/C, published on October 25th of this year. The rules enter into effect in November, 30 calendar days after the date of publication.
Executive Order (MP, in its abbreviation in Portuguese) No. 884/19, converted into law last October 17th, amended the Forest Code (Law No. 12,651/2012) so as to provide that registration in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) shall be mandatory for all rural properties and holdings.
As part of our series of articles on the changes implemented by Executive Order 905/19, we highlight the following points that may affect trade union organization and relations.
Companies no longer need to be inspected by the competent labor authority in order to begin their operations and/or undertake structural changes. Executive Order No. 905/19 (MP 905), which instituted the Green and Yellow Employment Contract, repealed article 160 the Consolidated Labor Laws (CLT), which contained rules relating to the inspection of companies before they may start operations.
With the consolidation of the use of arbitration by the Federal Government as an alternative, and often preferable, means for the Judiciary to settle disputes, several normative acts have been issued over the last years to recognize and regulate the use of this mechanism to settle conflicts relating to alienable property rights.
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