Overview
- Federal labour auditors, the Ministério Público do Trabalho and the Federal Police carried out a fiscal operation that culminated on July 2 with the removal of a 62‑year‑old woman from a condominium in Eusébio after investigators documented continuous domestic service beginning in 1971.
- Inspectors found she began working at age seven, never received regular pay, lived without formal schooling or autonomy, and performed daily duties from about 4:30 a.m. while suffering hypertension and recurrent malaises.
- The Auditoria‑Fiscal do Trabalho estimated unpaid labour credits for wages, overtime, holiday pay, 13th salary, FGTS and severance at over R$1.5 million, while the employers signed a Termo de Ajuste de Conduta committing to R$50,000 in severance paid in installments, purchase of a residential property worth at least R$150,000 and previdenciary regularization.
- Authorities found the family controlled her Bolsa Família benefit, made withdrawals on her behalf and later canceled her Cadastro Único, and officials barred her from working in the home while state teams provide ongoing psychosocial support and help rebuild her autonomy.
- The case highlights how exploitative domestic work can be hidden in private homes, shows Disque 100’s role in surfacing such abuses, and leaves open criminal probes and the worker’s right to pursue full judicial compensation beyond the negotiated conduct agreement.