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Country comparison
India vs Brazil
Compare payroll, employer obligations, leave, working time and employment requirements using Ivvora's structured country datasets.
At a glance
Hiring environment
Metric
India
Brazil
Payroll frequency
Monthly
Monthly
Salary convention
Annual CTC widely used
Monthly gross salary commonly used
Standard workweek
Generally 48 hours; state/establishment-specific
44 hours standard; ordinary overtime framework can add up to 2 hours/day
Annual leave
Worker national framework 1/20 after qualification; substantial state variation
30 days standard after 12-month accrual, subject to absence-related reductions
Maternity leave
26 weeks standard
120 days standard; 180 days with qualifying Empresa Cidadã extension
Paternity leave
No general private-sector statutory entitlement
5 days
Probation
Contractual; no one national universal duration
Experience contract up to 90 days total
Employer costs
Cannot be represented honestly as one universal percentage
Cannot be represented honestly as one universal percentage because social security, RAT/FAP, FGTS, terceiros, employer regime and sector rules vary
Required annual compensation
8.33%–20% where statutory eligibility applies; current ceilings unresolved for calculator
13th salary: 1/12 of December remuneration per qualifying month
Vacation premium
Not fully modeled yet
One-third of vacation remuneration
Notice
category/state/contract dependent
Employer notice generally 30–90 days based on tenure
Payroll complexity
High
High because employer regime, occupational risk, CBA, benefits and temporal tax rules can change outcomes
Termination complexity
High
High; multiple components including notice, vacation, 13th salary and FGTS-related amounts
Employer costs
India employer contributions
EPF/EPS employer contribution
12% of Statutory Wages
Calculation data ready
Employees' Deposit Linked Insurance contribution
0.5% of Statutory Wages
Calculation data ready
EPF administration charge
0.5% of Scheme Wage Basis
Calculation data ready
Employees' State Insurance employer contribution
3.25% of ESI Wages
Calculation data ready
Labour Welfare Fund employer contribution
Employer / scenario-specific
Scenario-dependent
Employer costs
Brazil employer contributions
Employer social-security contribution
20% of Employee And Worker Remuneration
Calculation data ready
Occupational-risk contribution (RAT)
Employer / scenario-specific
Scenario-dependent
Accident Prevention Factor (FAP)
Employer / scenario-specific
Scenario-dependent
Financial-sector additional social-security contribution
2.5% of Employee And Worker Remuneration
Scenario-dependent
FGTS employer deposit
8% of Qualifying Remuneration
Calculation data ready
Third-party payroll contributions
Employer / scenario-specific
Scenario-dependent
Required compensation
India additional compensation
Statutory bonus
Percentage
Scenario-dependent
Gratuity
Formula-based
Calculation data ready
Required compensation
Brazil additional compensation
13th salary
Formula-based
Calculation data ready
Vacation one-third premium
33.33% of Vacation Remuneration
Calculation data ready
Research quality
What backs this comparison
Ivvora keeps source coverage, research gaps and unresolved contradictions attached to each country rather than hiding them behind one headline score.
India
Sources
43
Known gaps
15
Tracked conflicts
5
Last verified
2026-09-20
Brazil
Sources
23
Known gaps
14
Tracked conflicts
3
Last verified
2026-09-20
Why Ivvora does not rank these countries with one score
Hiring cost and compliance depend on employee type, salary, employer structure, location and other scenario inputs. Ivvora therefore compares the underlying rules instead of declaring one country universally cheaper or easier.