The Brazilian government has dismissed the head of its labour inspection authority, days after his office added Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD to a registry of employers found to have subjected workers to conditions analogous to slavery.
Luiz Felipe Brandao de Mello led the National Secretariat of Labour Inspection since 2023 and his dismissal was published in the official gazette on Monday. He oversaw the unit responsible for enforcing labour standards nationwide, including the fight against slave-like working conditions.
The National Association of Labour Inspectors, known as Anafitra, said the firing amounted to institutional retaliation and linked it directly to BYD’s inclusion on the blacklist.
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