Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 358, November 2010

Case No 2656 (Brazil) - Complaint date: 14-APR-08 - Follow-up

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 28. The Committee last examined this case at its June 2009 meeting, when it requested the Government to keep it informed as to whether the complaint made to the police against union leader Mr Paulo Roberto Fier had been withdrawn under the written undertaking that the company had signed with the Office of the Public Prosecutor for Labour and, if not, to keep it informed of the status of the complaint and whether legal proceedings had been initiated [see 354th Report, para. 243–257].
2. 29. In a communication dated 21 March 2010, the Government sent information from the company concerned indicating that the complaint made to the police against union leader Mr Paulo Roberto Fier has been withdrawn under the written undertaking signed with the Office of the Public Prosecutor for Labour, with the consequence therefore that no civil or penal charges are brought, or have ever been brought, against him.
3. 30. The Committee takes note of the information with interest.