Zara, M. Officer, Pernambucanas e Serafina/Collins: o padrão condenatório por condições degradantes da mão de obra em redes contratuais do setor de vestuário

Abstract

This article examines the standards used by Brazilian labor courts to condemn garment producers for labour rights violations in their suply chains. Analysing the decisions concerning the companies Zara, M. Officer, Pernambucanas and Serafina/Collins, the article identifies the most common arguments used by the courts and sheds light on how they determined the liability of the companies concerned. It concludes that Brazilian statutory law does not provide sufficient guidance for addressing those issues, as a result of which the courts have engaged in an interpretive effort to develop new standards. These standards can be understood as corresponding to the concept of sphere of influence, which is already present in a number of international documents on the subject.