Comparative study about labour law systems - Portugal, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and South Africa

The support of local experts and institutions have enriched the exchange of experiences and the debate on the countries analysed, contributing to the quality of this study. [...] Gonçalves da Silva, Professor at the Faculty of University of Lisbon; Liberal Fernandes, Researcher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto; Viriato Reis, Deputy Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Lisbon Court of Appeal; and Sousa Pereira, Law Judge. [...] Fernando Toriz; Luis Gerardo De la Peña Gutiérrez, Counselor of the Judiciary of the State of Mexico; Martha Guadalupe Arellano Jasso, Secretary General for Individual Disputes of the Local of Conciliation and Arbitration of Mexico City; Bernardo Javier Cortes López, Judge of the First Labor Court of the Toluca Region; Joyce Sadka, Assistant Professor of the Department of Law and Researcher at ITA. [...] Another not most minor relevant aspect is the need to promote research on the effectiveness of the jurisdiction, under the viewpoint of judges’ decisions, that contemplates the assessment of the filing of the suit and processing of demands, going through the decision process, in addition to the fulfilment of the right. [...] The three extreme profiles were classified as per the associations of the categories of the variables used in the model, into: y Countries with a high level of socioeconomic development, consolidated rule of law, and flexibility of labour laws; y Countries with an intermediate level of socioeconomic development, weak rule of law, and labour laws with a moderate-to-high degree of worker protection;.