Brazil: Bill on exemption from registration in Electronic Labour Domicile for legal entities without employees (Bill No. 4811/2025) was introduced in Chamber of Deputies

On 29 September 2025, the Bill No. 4811/2025 was introduced in the Chamber of Deputies. The Bill amends Article 628-A of the Consolidation of Labour Laws (CLT), approved by Decree-Law No. 5,452 of 1 May 1943, to add a new paragraph exempting legal entities without employees or other labour or social security obligations from mandatory registration in the Electronic Labour Domicile. The exemption applies to legal entities such as micro-entrepreneurs and companies without workers, which, under the current regulation (Decree No. 11,904/2024), are obliged to register in the DET despite not maintaining employment relations. The proposed amendment establishes that such entities will only be required to register within 30 days of the first event generating labour or social security obligations, as defined in the regulation. The justification notes that the DET was created under Law No. 14,621/2021 to streamline communication between labour inspectors and employers, but its application to entities without employees creates unnecessary bureaucratic burdens. The measure aligns the DET with practices under systems such as eSocial, which already exempts micro-entrepreneurs without employees from equivalent registration requirements.