Practice Areas
Labor
Labor exposure in a company is rarely visible while it is accumulating. A service provider building up the elements of an employment relationship over months, a dismissal handled without adequate documentation, an outsourcing contract with gaps that Law 13.429 does not close automatically, a collective restructuring that failed to meet the required legal notifications: each of these creates liability that materializes when the claim arrives, not when the decision was made.
Brazilian labor legislation changes regularly and generates obligations companies often discover after the fact. The STF's ruling on Theme 1.389 (ARE 1.532.603), which addresses the recognition of employment relationships for independent contractors and corporate entities, is a current example of a decision with direct impact on contracts already in force.
At Choi Advogados, the labor practice is simultaneously advisory and litigious: we structure contracts, internal policies, outsourcing arrangements and labor compliance programs, and defend companies in individual claims and collective actions.
Most of the labor liabilities that reach the courts were created in operational decisions that no one identified as a risk at the time.
Principais produtos e serviços
Labor claims
Preventive advisory and labor compliance
Regulatory standards compliance (NRs), LTCAT and technical reports
HR coordination and internal regulations
Union relations and collective bargaining
Outsourcing — structuring and risk management
Independent contractor classification — STF Theme 1.389 / ARE 1.532.603
Corporate immigration — work visas and regularization of foreign employees