Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) in Brazil
(Last amendment on April 29, 2016) 10.1 – OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE 10.1.1 This Regulatory Standard (NR10) establishes the minimum requirements and conditions aiming the implementation of control measures and preventive systems in order to ensure the safety and health of Read More ...
(As amended on April 29th, 2016) General Principles 12.1 This Regulatory Standard (NR12) and its annexes provides technical references, basic principles and protective measures to ensure the health and physical integrity of workers and establishes minimum requirements for the prevention Read More ...
(Last amendment on April 28, 2014) 13.1 Introduction 13.1.1 This Regulatory Standard (NR13) sets the minimum requirements for managing the structural integrity of steam boilers, pressure vessels and their interconnection pipes in aspects related to the installation, inspection, operation and Read More ...
e-Social, which is a project of the Brazilian Federal Government that aims to unify the information regarding employees, implemented the obligation of creation and submission of health and safety events for Group 1 companies. As established by Joint Ordinance SERFB/SEPRT/ME Read More …
Call center professionals perform tasks involving repetitive movements that result in tendinopathy or Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) causing strains in the shoulders, elbows, wrists or fingers. Tendinopathy, an injury resulting from repetitive tension in the tendons, causes pain, swelling and Read More …
Sofas, food scraps, tree branches, electronics, debris. These are some of the materials that are being left unduly in the Voluntary Delivery Locations (VDL) of Manoel Jorge Forest and Isidoro Bordon Park in Nova Odessa, as well as the Voluntary Read More …
A joint operation of the Environmental Institute of Paraná (IAP) and Environmental Police raided, on the night of Wednesday (17), an illicit production facility. The criminals illegally extracted the native species within the Lauráceas State Park, between the municipalities of Read More …
The search for efficient and effective mechanisms in the use of environmental compensation to conduct important researches that influence decision-making and knowledge generation applied to the management needs of the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) was the biggest Read More …
Among the changes brought by the labor reform is the definition of how companies should establish teleworking (home-working) arrangements for their employees.”According to current legislation, teleworking is the ‘provision of services mainly outside the employer’s premises, with the use of Read More …
The Ministry of Environment (MMA) invited associations to discuss the 2nd phase of the Sectorial Agreement on Reverse Logistics for General Packaging. With the agreement, which was signed in November 2015, manufacturers, importers, traders and distributors are committed to working Read More …
The Regional Superintendency of Labor in Minas Gerais (SRT-MG) is celebrating the positive results of the Project for Inclusion of Persons with Mental Illness in the Labor Market, a pioneer initiative in Minas Gerais and that completes three years of Read More …
Bolivian immigrants receive on average R$5 to sew pieces of clothing sold for up to R$698 at Animale stores. The brand, which defines “luxury and sophistication” as its “slogan”, has more than 80 stores across the country, many in high-end Read More …
The picture of the Brazilian labor market reveals that 998 thousand children are subjected to illegal labor in the country, with 190,000 children up to 13 years of age who could not work under any condition. The data are from Read More …
