Brazil fires slave labour watchdog chief after BYD blacklisting
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Freshness
24/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
9/15
Depth
6/15
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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. H
