Overview
- A complaint says a regional manager linked a presidential bid to retail benefits during a corporate results meeting at a Cuiabá shopping centre, prompting a police inquest and an MPT investigation.
- The Ministério Público do Trabalho demanded the mall publish guidance against electoral harassment, reactivate an anonymous complaint channel, and prove implementation within 48 hours or face sanctions.
- Nationwide reports of electoral coercion at work have surged in 2026, with the MPT logging 2,009 complaints through October 26 and 1,190 of those filed in October alone.
- Bahia ranks fourth in state reports with 94 cases and the Regional Labour Court in Bahia has issued urgent rulings to protect workers’ right to a free, secret vote.
- The MPT says electoral harassment includes pressure, threats or promises tied to votes and urges workers to report incidents via its portal, anonymous channels, unions or the labour ministry phone line.