contrato coletivo de trabalho
Published 4 November 2026, 03:07
contrato coletivo de trabalho (CCT)
A collective agreement between an employers' association and a trade union on working conditions in a sector, covering pay rates by grade, allowances, holidays and working hours. Its terms cannot be worse than those in the Labour Code, but they can be better.
Where you come across it. Pay and working conditions in a sector, disputes with an employer.
By default the agreement applies only to members of the organisations that signed it; it is extended to everyone else by a separate portaria.