Brazil's Pay Parity Law: progress and remaining challenges
Turning one year old in 2024, the Brazilian Pay Parity Law provides for equal pay and remuneration criteria between women and men who carry out work of equal value or act in the same role. One of the main new developments is that it is now mandatory for private companies with 100 or more employees to publish semi-annual pay transparency reports.
The law also provides for transparency mechanisms, monitoring to counter pay discrimination, and diversity and inclusion programs in the workplace. Although recent legislative changes seek to increase transparency and ensure equity, the effective implementation of the new rules remains a challenge for society as a whole.
A live event run by the Brazilian Ministry of Labor and Employment and the Ministry of Women provided information on aspects of the Salary Transparency and Remuneration Criteria Report
New regulations provide companies with important guidelines on what to expect from labor inspections, also validating the inclusion of explanatory notes together with transparency reports
