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Your Rights: guides, calculators and free resources about work
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Rest between shifts in Brazil: the 11 hours off between one working day and the next
Between the end of one shift and the start of the next, the CLT requires 11 hours of rest. How to count them, what happens when the employer breaks the rule and how it relates to weekly rest.
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Time records in Brazil: how to check your hours, overtime and hour bank
The time record (espelho de ponto) shows the recorded start, end and break times. Who must keep time records, what to check, uniform "British" records, exception-based records and what to do if there is an error.
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Relief workers (folguistas) in Brazil: what they do, how the schedule works and their rights
A folguista covers colleagues' days off in rotating schedules. Working hours, weekly rest, Sundays, holidays, night-work supplement, working outside one's role and the impact of the end of 6x1.
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Lunch break in Brazil: minimum time, skipped breaks and how to claim
Anyone working more than 6 hours is entitled to at least a 1-hour break. The intra-day break rules, reduction to 30 minutes, payment for breaks not granted and how to prove it.
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40-hour week in Brazil: how many hours a day, the divisor and how to calculate your hourly rate
With the end of 6x1, the working week drops to 42 and then 40 hours. How many hours a day that means in each schedule, the new hourly-rate divisor and how to check the employer's math.
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12x36 schedule in Brazil: rules, holidays, days off and what changes with the end of 6x1
How the 12x36 schedule works under the CLT: required agreement, breaks, holidays, night-work supplement, overtime and the open questions under Constitutional Amendment 141/2026.
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CLT worker rights in Brazil: complete 2026 guide
The rights of formally registered workers in Brazil: working hours, overtime, vacation, 13th salary, FGTS, pay supplements and leave, with the legal basis for each.
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