O Santander (SANB11) was sentenced in the second instance to pay compensation of R$ 275 million for collective pain and suffering, in a public civil action filed by the Public Ministry of Labor (MPT). The bank says it will appeal the decision.
The conviction was upheld by the 1st Panel of the Regional Labor Court of the 10th Region, in an action that investigates alleged abusive goals, mental illness and moral harassment of bank employees.
One of the determinations is that Santander does not adopt such targets, and that it does not allow practices that constitute moral harassment, such as humiliation, name-calling and threats of dismissal. The decisions are applicable to all branches of the bank.
In the judgment, Labor Judge Dourival Borges de Souza Neto states that testimonies transcribed in the sentence give “a clear idea of the emotional and psychic shock imposed by the organizational system of setting production goals, through truculent collection by managers, either directly to the employee or by through meetings with vexatious exposure”.
In 2014 and 2017, the MPT filed public civil actions against Santander. After evaluations, the judicial body concluded that Santander bank employees would have “extreme levels” of suffering caused by inappropriate practices in the work environment.
In 2019, judge Gustavo Chebab, from the 3rd Labor Court of Brasiliajudged the actions to be partially valid.
Sought, Santander informed that it will appeal, and that it believes that the decision, which is not final, will be reformed by the higher instance of the Labor Court.
The bank highlighted that the decision of the second instance was not unanimous, with two of the judges voting for acquittal.
“Santander received the decision with surprise, since the judges recognize the institution’s practices in combating any type of harassment or discrimination, as, by the way, the judge of first degree had already done”, said the institution.
Source: Moneytimes
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