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Your Rights · 21/10/2026

Second installment of the 13th salary in Brazil, 2026: payment date, calculation and deductions

In 2026, December 20 falls on a Sunday: the 2nd installment of the 13th salary must be paid by Friday, Dec 18. The calculation, why it is smaller, the deductions and what to do if it is late.

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Your Rights · 21/10/2026

Year-end temporary jobs in Brazil: rights, pay and what to check before accepting

Christmas opens thousands of temporary jobs. The difference between temporary work and fixed-term contracts, pay, 13th salary, FGTS, pregnancy, being hired permanently and scams that charge candidates a fee.

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Your Rights · 21/10/2026

Working on Christmas and New Year's in Brazil: can retail open? Rules, double pay and time off

Since July 2026, Ministry of Labor Ordinance 1,316 requires a collective agreement for general retail to work on public holidays. Who can open on Christmas and New Year's, whether December 24 and 31 are holidays and how much you receive.

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Second installment of the 13th salary in Brazil, 2026: payment date, calculation and deductions

Year-end temporary jobs in Brazil: rights, pay and what to check before accepting

Working on Christmas and New Year's in Brazil: can retail open? Rules, double pay and time off

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Second installment of the 13th salary in Brazil, 2026: payment date, calculation and deductions

Year-end temporary jobs in Brazil: rights, pay and what to check before accepting

Working on Christmas and New Year's in Brazil: can retail open? Rules, double pay and time off

Sickness benefit (auxílio-doença) from Brazil's INSS in 2026: who is entitled, amount, Atestmed and the "social security limbo"

Discriminatory dismissal in Brazil: when firing is illegal and what the worker can claim

Is burnout a work-related illness in Brazil? Rights, leave and the new NR-1 on psychosocial risks

Do app drivers in Brazil have an employment relationship? The "Uberization" case at the STF in 2026

Union deduction from your salary in Brazil: can you refuse the assistance contribution?

Fired over a social media post in Brazil: is it dismissal for cause? The limits of free speech at work

Sexual harassment at work in Brazil: what it is, examples, how to prove it and where to report it

Pay, payslip and benefits

How to read your payslip in Brazil: what each deduction and earning means

Lump-sum pay (salário complessivo) in Brazil: what it is, why it is prohibited and how to spot it on your payslip

Off-the-books pay in Brazil: risks for the worker and how to prove it to recover the knock-on effects

Deductions from salary in Brazil: what the employer can deduct and what is illegal

Salary reduction in Brazil: when the employer can reduce pay and what the worker can do

Late wages in Brazil: payment deadline and what to do

Equal pay in Brazil: when you should earn the same as a colleague

Working outside your role and accumulating roles in Brazil: when you can claim a pay difference

Commissioned salespeople in Brazil: guaranteed minimum wage, paid weekly rest on commissions and chargebacks

Profit sharing (PLR) in Brazil: how it works, who is entitled and how it is taxed

Transportation voucher in Brazil: who is entitled, the 6% deduction and what the employer cannot do

Meal and food vouchers in Brazil: are they mandatory? PAT rules and what changed in 2026

Family allowance (salário-família) in Brazil 2026: R$ 67.54 per child, who is entitled and how to apply

PIS/Pasep salary bonus (abono salarial) in Brazil 2026: who is entitled, amount, calendar and withdrawal deadline

CLT payroll loans in Brazil (Crédito do Trabalhador): 35% margin, FGTS as collateral and what happens on dismissal

13th salary in Brazil: how to calculate it, payment deadlines and deductions

FGTS in Brazil: how to check it, when to withdraw and how the 40% penalty works

Unhealthy-conditions supplement and hazard pay in Brazil: who is entitled and how much

Night-work supplement in Brazil: hours, percentage and how to calculate it

Working hours, time records and rest

CLT worker rights in Brazil: complete 2026 guide

End of the 6x1 schedule in Brazil: what changes in working hours and when

40-hour week in Brazil: how many hours a day, the divisor and how to calculate your hourly rate

12x36 schedule in Brazil: rules, holidays, days off and what changes with the end of 6x1

Relief workers (folguistas) in Brazil: what they do, how the schedule works and their rights

Time records in Brazil: how to check your hours, overtime and hour bank

Overtime in Brazil: how to calculate it, limits and how to claim unpaid hours

Hour bank in Brazil: rules, compensation deadlines and what to do

Lunch break in Brazil: minimum time, skipped breaks and how to claim

Rest between shifts in Brazil: the 11 hours off between one working day and the next

Paid weekly rest (DSR) in Brazil: rules, calculation and when an absence costs you the day

On-call standby in Brazil: does a company phone outside working hours give the right to pay?

Time at the employer's disposal in Brazil: changing uniforms, minutes before clocking in and on-site travel

Home office and remote work in Brazil: rights, equipment and overtime

Vacation under the CLT in Brazil: rules, splitting, selling days and double pay

Collective vacation in Brazil: rules, notice and workers with less than 1 year

Excused absences in Brazil: when you can miss work without a pay deduction

Health, safety and leave

Medical certificates at work in Brazil: validity, deadline, ICD code and when the employer can refuse

Work accidents in Brazil: CAT, leave and workers' rights

RSI/WMSD in Brazil: when repetitive strain injury is a work-related illness and what the rights are

INSS accident allowance (auxílio-acidente) in Brazil: who is entitled, the 50% amount and how to apply

Pre-employment, periodic and exit medical exams in Brazil (ASO): what is mandatory and what is prohibited

Uniforms and PPE in Brazil: who pays, who washes them and when the employer can deduct

CIPA in Brazil: what it is, how elections work and who has job security

Dismissal during medical leave in Brazil: is it allowed?

Maternity and paternity leave in Brazil in 2026: rules and what's new

Pregnant workers in Brazil: appointments, change of role, breastfeeding and childcare assistance

Maternity pay (salário-maternidade) in Brazil: who receives it, amount, unemployed mothers, MEIs and how to apply to the INSS

Leave for military service in Brazil: is your job protected? Rights of conscripted workers

Privacy, harassment and discrimination

Workplace bullying in Brazil: what it is, examples and how to prove it

Strip and bag searches at work in Brazil: what is prohibited and when it leads to compensation

Workplace monitoring in Brazil: can the employer read your email and WhatsApp or use cameras? LGPD and limits

People with disabilities at work in Brazil: quota, rights, accommodation and dismissal rules

Moral damages in Brazilian labor cases: when compensation applies, amounts and what the STF decided about the CLT table

Types of contract

Temporary work in Brazil: rights, deadlines and rules (2026 guide)