Overview
- The PT bancada formally presented Bill PL 5.689/2026 on Thursday, Oct. 29, to criminalize professional retaliation based on vote, political conviction or party affiliation.
- The proposal defines new offenses that cover creating or sharing lists that identify people by vote, requiring workers to reveal their vote, monitoring political expression for discriminatory purposes, and threatening inclusion on such lists to force political acts.
- The bill sets a base penalty of two to five years in prison plus fines and raises the term to three to six years when the conduct uses social media, messaging apps, websites or other mass communication.
- Penalties increase by one‑third to one‑half when acts are coordinated by three or more people, involve public office, affect five or more victims or cause loss of job, income, clients or professional opportunities, and the text would also amend Law 9.029/1995 to add vote and political conviction as protected categories in employment law.
- The authors say the measure responds to a wave of post‑election lists and calls for boycotts that led the Ministério Público do Trabalho to register 1,937 complaints by Oct. 26 and that moving some cases into the Penal Code could speed criminal enforcement and change how workers and small businesses are protected after elections.