Grocery Card
(Cesta Básica / Cartão Alimentação)

BRL 148.94 BR/mo. (approx. $27.50 USD)

• All employees who receive a monthly gross salary of 6,499.44 BRL or less (approx. $1,300 USD, annually adjusted) must receive this benefit. These are the most recent requirements as of 2024.
• If the employee takes sick leave this should be paid for 30 days (but no longer).
• Payment is still required in the case of PTO, maternity leave, or other absences allowed by law.

Life Insurance

Estimated BRL 15.55/mo. (approx. $3 USD)

Remote coverage:

• Death: BRL 50,000
• Total or partial permanent disability due to accident: BRL 50,000
• Family funeral assistance: BRL 5,000
• Note: All amounts stated above are estimates and may change during the course of the year as more employees in Brazil are added or removed from the policy.

Childcare Allowance (Auxílio Creche)

Up to 20% of the minimum wage for the current year per child from 0 months to 5 years old

• The childcare allowance is paid monthly to parents of children between 0 months and 5 years old.
• This benefit is a social contribution.
• The employee needs to provide proof of the expenses incurred per child.

Profit Sharing

BRL 300.50/year (approx. $60 USD)

• Profit sharing is mandatory and must be paid in two installments:
• 1) BRL 150.25 to be paid from August 31st for the period of January 1st to the 30th of June.
• 2) BRL 150.25 to be paid by March 30th for the period from July 1st to December 31st.
• The profit sharing amount to be paid to the employees is determined by union and disclosed to the employers in the updated CBA for the current year, including the payment guidance.
• If the employer has an internal policy about profit sharing which exceeds the amount agreed upon by the union, the larger amount should be paid to the employee. The amount cannot be decreased.

Transportation Benefits

The amount due is equivalent to what is spent by the employee to commute to their workplace

• This benefit is only mandatory for employees who are not working from home.
• The employer should provide a form to be filled out during the employee's onboarding within 48 hours, in which the employee acknowledges and accepts or declines the transportation benefit (based on whether they need or don't need it).
• If the employee refuses this benefit, they need to explicitly justify it (for instance, “I work from home and won't incur commuting expenses”).

Dental Assistance

BRL 27/mo. (approx. $6 USD)

• This benefit is now mandatory for all employees in Brazil.
• Employees can elect to contribute 11.25 from their monthly salary (must be accepted by writing).

Disabled Child Aid

10% of the minimum category salary (as imposed by the union)

• The employee must provide proof of the disabled child in order to receive this benefit.

Annual Salary Increases

5.97% of the employee's salary

Effective January 1, 2023, there is a mandated 5.97% upward salary adjustment for all employees hired in Brazil through Remote. This adjustment is based on the employee's base salary as of January 1, 2022. The CBA adjusts salaries annually.