Labor and social security reforms in Brazil: impacts, challenges, and perspectives (2017–2025)
Labor and social security reforms in Brazil: impacts, challenges, and perspectives (2017–2025)
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https://doi.org/10.51473/rcmos.v1i1.2025.1781Keywords:
Labor Reform. Pension Reform. Collective Bargaining. Actuarial Sustainability. Social Rights.Abstract
This article examines the legal, social, and economic impacts of Brazil’s labor reform (Law No. 13,467/2017) and pension reform (Constitutional Amendment No. 103/2019), within the broader context of structural changes implemented between 2017 and 2025. It focuses on core legislative innovations, such as the predominance of collective bargaining over statutory law and the imposition of a minimum retirement age, assessing their implications for the effectiveness of fundamental social rights, union performance, and the financial sustainability of the social security system. The research adopts a qualitative approach, grounded in bibliographic review, legal analysis, and empirical data from official sources. The study concludes that the reforms shifted the axis of social protection toward economic rationality, weakening historic labor guarantees. It highlights the urgency of compensatory policies, reinforcement of collective bargaining, and measures for inclusive pension coverage as strategies to restore balance to the social protection framework.
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