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Labor disputes flood Supreme Court docket
More than half of the nearly 6,200 complaints filed with the Supreme Court between January and November were related to labor disputes. Since 2018, the number of labor complaints has increased by 35 percent.
Context. Complaints are a type of suit used to challenge actions that violate precedents set by landmark trials. In the case of labor disputes, these complaints typically involve battles over the enforcement of recently approved pro-business labor laws.
- Changes to Brazil’s labor laws were at the center of the agenda pushed by the Michel Temer administration (2016-2018) — from the approval of a sweeping labor reform in 2017 to the Economic Freedom Law of 2019, which increased flexibility for employers and gave more power to private contracts.
Yes, but … Labor judges have often not complied with the...