The Labor Court prohibited GI Group Brasil from carrying out occupational medical examinations via telemedicine across the country. The preliminary decision can be appealed.
The injunction was signed on October 29th and published this Friday (6). It establishes a deadline of 60 days for the multinational company to adapt.
The Public Ministry of Labor found that 18,642 remote exams were carried out by the company. The multinational refused to sign a Conduct Adjustment Agreement.
The agency argued that federal standards require in-person clinical evaluation of the worker. The judge concluded that the exclusively remote format compromises preventive exams.
The MPT requests the payment of R$2,000,000 for collective moral damages. When contacted, the company's defense had not commented until publication.
The Labor Court of Campinas (SP) granted an injunction prohibiting GI Group Brasil Recursos Humanos Ltda. to carry out occupational medical examinations via telemedicine across the country. There is an appeal.
The decision responds to the request of the Public Ministry of Labor (MPT) and determines that the HR multinational stops carrying out admission, periodic, dismissal, return to work and risk change exams remotely, either directly or through clinics and contracted professionals.
The measure provides a period of 60 days for adaptation. After this period, the company may be fined R$5,000 for each exam carried out in violation of the court order.
The decision was signed by labor judge Thiago Henrique Ament, from the Campinas Labor Court on October 29th, and published by the MPT this Friday (6).
The action is based on a civil inquiry conducted by the MPT in Campinas.
According to the agency, the company itself reported having carried out 18,642 occupational exams via telemedicine between January 2025 and May 2026. Of this total, 18,221 were admission exams, equivalent to around 46% of all hiring carried out by the company in the period.
Before filing the action, the MPT proposed the signing of a Conduct Adjustment Term (TAC), with a period of 90 days to regularize the practice. The proposal, however, was rejected by the multinational.
In addition to the definitive maintenance of the ban, the MPT requests in the action the condemnation of GI Group Brasil Recursos Humanos Ltda. payment of R$2 million for collective moral damages.
Exams must be in person
In the public civil action, the MPT argued that occupational exams require an in-person clinical assessment of the worker, as provided for in article 168 of the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT), Regulatory Standard No. 7 (NR-7) and Resolution No. 2,323/2022 of the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM).
The body also presented a CFM opinion according to which fundamental procedures for occupational medicine, such as inspection, palpation, heart and lung auscultation and blood pressure measurement, depend on the physical presence of the patient.
What does the decision say
When analyzing the request, the judge understood that there was sufficient evidence of irregularity and risk to the health of workers.
In the decision, the judge highlighted that NR-7 requires a clinical examination to be carried out within the scope of the Occupational Health Medical Control Program (PCMSO), which, according to him, is compromised when the assessment takes place exclusively via telemedicine.
The judge also pointed out that continuing the practice could harm the early identification of diseases and compromise the preventive nature of occupational medicine.
Furthermore, it considered relevant the fact that the company had carried out the procedures on a large scale and had not made a commitment to voluntarily interrupt them.
What does the defense say?
g1 sought the defense of GI Group Brasil Recursos Humanos Ltda. to comment on the Court's decision, what is the justification for the telemedicine model in the exams carried out, in addition to questioning whether the company will appeal the decision.
The defense had not commented until the last update of this report.
