Labor and Employment

Mendes's Labor and Employment practice is a benchmark in northern Brazil. It combines high-stakes strategic litigation with a strong preventive and advisory component, always focused on protecting clients' operational continuity and the predictability of their costs.

The team has well-established expertise in defending claims involving hazard and health-risk premiums, reversal of dismissals for cause, job misclassification and moral damages; collective bargaining, including the successful conclusion of collective agreements over consecutive cycles; proceedings before the Labor Prosecution Office (MPT); and compliance audits. Its sector focus lies in industry and industrial services, construction, hospitality and food service, private education, healthcare and the non-profit sector.