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Market roundup: Equal pay law an essential step for the Brazilian workplace

New legislation hits the mark by introducing penalties for companies that fail to pay men and women equally

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A look at Brazil’s new equal pay law

Brazil’s new equal pay law, which went into effect in early July, imposes penalties on companies that wage discrimination between men and women performing the same job. 

In an interview with The Brazilian Report, Margareth Goldenberg, a diversity consultant who has worked with companies such as Magazine Luiza (retail), Santander (banking), and Vivo (telecommunications), sees the new legislation as positive. 

For her, the law sends...

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