A labor court in Goiânia has temporarily barred Havan owner Luciano Hang from delivering or circulating political-electoral speeches through the retailer’s events, meetings and institutional channels. The injunction, granted after a Labor Prosecutor’s Office action, also prohibits Havan from organizing or allowing such acts, with a fine of 50,000 reais for each violation.¹

The decision focuses not only on corporate communications but also on voting rights. Havan must release employees and contractors for the October 4 and 25, 2026 elections for the time needed to travel and vote — at least four consecutive hours — without lost pay or adverse employment records. It must also post notices saying workers are free to form their own political views and vote without consequences for their contracts.²

The two accounts agree that the case arose from a speech at the opening of a Havan store in Caldas Novas, Goiás, in late August. Hang attacked a proposal to end the six-days-on, one-day-off work schedule, calling it an “electoral scam” and warning workers that they could need to find “another job” or “a low-paid job.”¹

The labor-prosecution case portrays the address, delivered to recently hired workers gathered because of their employment, as political messaging in the workplace. It seeks 30 million reais in collective moral-damages compensation, along with further measures including a public video apology; those broader requests remain pending while Hang and Havan respond.²

Hang contests the central allegation. He said he had not mentioned a candidate or party, asked anyone for a vote, or told workers how to vote: “I only said what I think.” He characterized the case as an attempt to turn an opinion into electoral harassment and said he would not surrender his freedom of expression.¹

The injunction does not resolve those competing interpretations. It gives the company and its owner time to present a defense while imposing immediate limits intended to separate workplace authority from employees’ political choices.²