Labor & Union Relations

The labor-union specialist your company needs, without the cost of a full-time hire.

Consulting in labor/social-security compliance, collective bargaining and union-liability mitigation, with technology and Artificial Intelligence applied to diagnosis and ongoing monitoring.

Who we are

A lean operation, with the delivery standard of a large consultancy.

Fellipe Souza Ferreira, founder of Nexus People Strategy

Nexus People Strategy is led by Fellipe Souza Ferreira, with over 15 years of experience in Labor & Union Relations and labor/social-security compliance, having worked at 4 of the world's 5 largest consulting and audit firms before founding Nexus. He personally leads every client's labor and union negotiation, with direct access to the decision-makers and no layers between what is promised and what is delivered.

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Mission

Reduce labor and union risk

Deliver the knowledge of a senior specialist without the cost of keeping one on staff full-time.

Vision

A trusted reference

To be the trusted reference in Labor & Union Relations for companies of every size.

How we work

Technical rigor + technology

Decisions grounded in law, case law and collective bargaining agreements, with technology and Artificial Intelligence accelerating diagnosis and follow-up.

Portfolio

Which one sounds like your company?

Three tracks, with complexity and delivery format tailored to each stage. Find the scenario closest to yours below, from the free diagnostic to strategic advisory on special projects.

01 · Small businesses

Labor & Union Relations in Focus

This is you if: no one in-house currently handles unions, collective agreements or negotiation.

For companies that don't have, and don't need, a full-time in-house specialist. Starts with the free Risk Check.

Diagnosis → Negotiation support → Fractional advisory
02 · Mid-size companies

Labor-Union Compliance & Audit

This is you if: HR already exists, but there's no formal audit or dedicated labor-relations lead.

For companies with their own HR team, but without deep union expertise or a formal compliance audit.

Audit → Compliance program → Fractional Head of Labor Relations
03 · Large enterprises

Strategic Advisory & Special Projects

This is you if: you're already dealing with M&A, restructuring or high-complexity negotiations.

Labor due diligence in M&A, high-complexity negotiations and restructuring of labor relations.

Scope, timeline and criticality assessed on request

Technical specialties

Specific tracks that can be hired on their own or combined within any of the three formats above.

Payroll Diagnostics & Review

Payroll, vacation, 13th-salary and severance calculations, reviewed with technology and Artificial Intelligence applied to diagnosis

Technical recalculation of monthly payroll, vacation pay, the 13th salary, severance pay (every termination type) and payroll charges (social security, FGTS, income-tax withholding), with a check of each role's correct union classification. The result is a report listing every discrepancy found and what to do before an audit or a labor claim gets there first.

Social-Security Credits & Cost Reduction

Savings opportunities that go unnoticed in day-to-day HR

Assessment, offsetting and recovery of social-security credits, administrative defenses focused on reducing contingencies, and checks for recurring financial leaks, such as benefits or charges wrongly kept active after an employee's termination. Direct, measurable financial gain, not just risk prevention.

In-Company Training

Technical training for the team already handling the day-to-day

Custom training for HR, payroll and legal teams on collective bargaining and union negotiation, payroll and payroll-charge routines, contract termination and Brazil's occupational-safety regulations (NRs), using the company's own case studies and covering recent legislative changes.

Compliance, Audit & Outsourced-Workforce Management

Preventive audit at the standard of large consultancies, sized to fit your company

Preventive audit of labor and social-security practices, employment-contract review and governance, and compliance management for outsourced/contracted workforces (documentation, legal obligations, joint and several liability), reducing exposure before it becomes a liability.

Free diagnostic

Union Risk Check: 5 minutes to find out where the risk is.

An interactive, free self-assessment, built for companies to spot exposure in labor and union relations.

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News & Articles

What's changing in Brazilian labor & union law, and what to do about it.

Every day, a short read on rulings from Brazil's labor courts (TST, STJ, STF) and an article connecting each change to how technology can help your company get ahead of it.

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