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Electric utility workers: hazard pay and on-call time
CPFL

Do you work or did you work with electricity at CPFL? Understand hazard pay, on-call time (sobreaviso) and NR-10.

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What to do, step by step

  1. Gather your contract, payslips (holerites), technical reports, PPP (Perfil Profissiográfico Previdenciário, occupational exposure profile) and shift and on-call schedules for your work at CPFL.

  2. Workers exposed to risk from electricity may be entitled to hazard pay (art. 193 of the CLT (Brazilian Labor Code)); check NR-10 (Brazil’s regulatory standard on electrical safety) and the technical report.

  3. Check whether the extra pay was calculated on the correct base (for electric utility workers, the base has its own rule in TST Súmula 191 (Brazilian Superior Labor Court precedent)) and whether it appears on your payslips and in their knock-on effects.

  4. Shifts and on-call time (sobreaviso) may give rise to specific rights; keep schedules and records of call-outs.

  5. Contact the sector union, MTE (MTE, Brazil’s Ministry of Labor and Employment, Disque 158) or a lawyer; a lawsuit must be filed within 2 years after the end of the contract.

Official channels for workers

Labor inspection
MTE · 158
Public Labor Prosecutor’s Office
MPT: guidance and complaints
Labor Courts
Superior Labor Court (TST)

Frequently asked questions

Who is entitled to hazard pay?

As a rule, those who perform activities with exposure to risk in the electric power system, according to the law, the regulations and a technical inspection. Each case must be analysed individually.

Does hazard pay apply even with only occasional exposure?

There are situations in which intermittent contact is also analysed by the Labor Courts. The answer depends on the case and the technical reports.

Is on-call time (sobreaviso) paid?

On-call time, during which the employee waits to be summoned, may give rise to specific pay (TST Súmula 229). The analysis is individual.

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