[1][2] According to the government, the goal of the reform was to combat unemployment and the still ongoing 2014 Brazilian economic crisis.

[3] The bill was proposed and sent to the Chamber of Deputies by the president Michel Temer on December 23, 2016.

Since then, during its processing in the National Congress, it was going through several debates and additions to the original bill, for example, the proposal to end the obligatory syndicate (labor union) tax paid by workers hired under the CLT.

Its supporters argue that the reform addresses legal certainty and increase the number of jobs.

[8][9] Its critics argue that the reform violates the Brazilian constitution and International Labour Organization conventions signed by Brazil.