Paying INSS online

Fellow blogger, Shelley, from "Give Us This Day Our Daily Mango" has written an excellent tutorial of sorts on how to pay the INSS part of your domestic helper's salary. What is the INSS? Per Shelly, "It's essentially the benefit that employees get, like Social Security, when they retire. It's mandatory to pay into the INSS of your hired help."

Please take a look at her post, including the comments which also have good information:

Paying INSS online

Leave her a comment if you have any questions, or would simply like to shout out a "Thanks".

Dengue Fever Precautions

Rio das Ostras along with most of Brazil is in the middle of a Dengue epidemic.

There are many precautions we should all be taking to work together to lessen the chances for the disease to spread.

Important Information for Drivers

Not just for those of us in Rio das Ostras. I received this information from our good friend after it was distributed through her company and it is very good advice.

Know how and where to file a police report in case of accident. Find out before you need to know. I will be posting a list of Rio das Ostras' police stations soon.

An advisory from Insurers:
Consider any collision with a motorcycle as an injury causing event.Always take a photograph of the bike, rider and passenger if possible. This is easy now with most cell phones. Get the name and phone numbers of witnesses.
Make a police report RIGHT AWAY.