Azaléia is fined for violating the law.
The problems highlighted by the Public Prosecutor's Office for Labor (MPT) are related to occupational diseases, the work environment, control of working hours, rest breaks, and moral harassment, among others. According to the Labor Prosecutor who led the investigations, the public civil action covers the company's four establishments in the state of Sergipe; the MPT is requesting compensation for collective moral damages of R$ 5 million.
Sergipe 247 - The 3rd Labor Court of Aracaju has ordered the company Vulcabrás Azaleia-SE to comply, within thirty days, with several obligations related to the protection of worker health and safety, under penalty of a daily fine of R$ 10 if it fails to comply with the guidelines.
After many years of complex investigations and given the company's refusal to sign a conduct adjustment agreement and resolve the serious labor irregularities uncovered in five Civil Inquiries processed by the Ministry in Sergipe, a public civil action was filed in which the Public Prosecutor's Office requests, in addition to compliance with several obligations, a conviction to compensate for collective moral damages in the amount of R$ 5 million. The application of this fine has not yet been granted by the Labor Court.
The problems highlighted by the MPT (Brazilian Labor Prosecutor's Office) are related to occupational diseases, the work environment, control of working hours, rest breaks, workplace harassment, among others.
According to the Labor Prosecutor who led the investigations, Raymundo Ribeiro, from the MPT in the municipality of Itabaiana, the public civil action covers the company's four establishments in the State of Sergipe (in the cities of Frei Paulo, Ribeirópolis, Carira and Lagarto), in addition to the defunct establishment in Itaporanga D'Ajuda, with the most serious facts related to occupational diseases, especially RSI-WRULD, which affected many of the company's employees.
With information from MPT/Sergipe