Presidential Decree No. 876, published on March 14 of this year, amended Law No. 8,934/1994, which deals with the public registration of business companies, among other matters. The main change was the inclusion of new paragraphs in articles 42 and 63 of the law, which, for the most part, aim to create mechanisms that accelerate the process of creation and registration, especially for limited liability companies and sole proprietor limited liability companies (Eireli). According to the explanatory memorandum of MP 876, the measure "is consistent with the need to reduce red tape and the number of days to form a company in Brazil."

With the approval of Law No. 13,709/2018, the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD), practically all sectors of the economy, both public and private, must take measures to adapt their activities to the new legal requirements regarding the processing of personal data.

When one speaks of startups, one of the first things that comes to mind is the informality of the work environment compared to that of traditional businesses. Flexible work schedules and stripped-down offices, coupled with the possibility of rapid career advancement, are often startups’ greatest attraction in recruiting talent in the job market. However, not all informality is positive for business.

Startups create innovative business models. One example is the shared economy, which emerged from the broadening of the concept of the gig economy[1] (also known as the "freelancer economy"). In it, online platforms serve as a broker between freelancers or service providers and people or companies that need their work and guarantee these professionals autonomy to work when and how they want.

At the end of January, the Federal Revenue Service of Brazil (RFB) modified its understanding regarding the collection of social security contributions on employer food assistance. Communication of the change was done on the 25th through the publication of Cosit Consultation Resolution 35/19, which is applicable to all companies, whether or not they are enrolled in the Workers' Food Program (PAT)

Presidential Decree (MP) No. 873/2019, published on March 1, 2019, amended the CLT to prohibit the collection of union dues from any employees who have not given express authorization, individually and in writing to their union, following the case law of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), which had already ruled the collection of trade union dues to be optional.