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Teleworking considerations for Brazil’s covid-hit labour market
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Flavia Azevedo
Flávia Martins Azevedo is a partner at Veirano Advogados
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Marcella Cruz
Marcella Cruz is an associate at Veirano Advogados

 

The Brazilian labour code, the so-called CLT, defines “telework” as the provision of services preponderantly outside the employer’s premises, with the use of information and communication technology that, by its nature, does not constitute external work.

Article 75 of the CLT says: “…the attendance at the premises of the employer to carry out specific activities that require the presence of the employee at the establishment does not affect the existence of the telework regime.”