Article 153-E Federal Labor Law

In enterprises with more than 50 employees, Joint Commissions on Training, Instruction and Productivity shall be constituted, integrated by an equal number of representatives of employees and employers, and they shall be responsible for:

I.Overseeing, implementing, operating and improving the training and instruction systems and programs;

II.Proposing the necessary changes in machinery, equipment, work organization and labor relations, in accordance with the best technological and organizational practices that increase productivity according to their current degree of development;

III.Proposing the measures agreed upon by the National Committee and the State Committees on Productivity referred to in Articles 153-K and 153-Q, with the purpose of promoting training, measuring and raising productivity, as well as guaranteeing the equitable distribution of its benefits;

IV.Overseeing compliance with the productivity agreements; and

V.Resolving the objections that, where applicable, employees present regarding the distribution of the benefits of productivity.

In the case of micro and small enterprises, which are those with up to 50 employees, the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare and the Ministry of Economy shall be obliged to encourage their productivity by providing the programs referred to in Article 153-J, as well as the training related to them. For such purpose, with the support of the academic institutions related to the topics of the referred programs, they shall convene, according to their branch, sector, federal entity or region, the micro and small entrepreneurs, the employees and the labor unions that work in said enterprises.