Brazil: Leadership training identified as main obstacle for NR-1 compliance

A survey conducted by EXEC consultancy reveals that training leadership is the primary challenge for companies implementing the NR-1 regulatory standard in Brazil. According to the results, 34.8% of participants identified the training of managers as their main difficulty in addressing psychosocial risk factors in the workplace.

Other reported challenges include the adaptation of internal policies and procedures (17.4%), communicating changes to workers (13%), and coordination with occupational safety departments (8.7%).

The updated NR-1 regulations, which came into effect on May 26, 2026, explicitly include psychosocial risk factors within Occupational Risk Management (GRO). Because managers are responsible for task distribution, performance monitoring, and daily team communication, their ability to recognize and report work-related problems is considered critical to the effectiveness of these safety policies.