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What's changing, and what to do about it

Rulings from the TST, STJ and STF, and a short article connecting each change to how technology can help your company get ahead of it.

TSTSep 24, 2026

TST: an employer's counterclaim is an autonomous action and survives even if the employee drops the case

3rd Panel reverses TRT-1 ruling and orders a R$ 1.44 million counterclaim to be decided on the merits, even after the main claim was waived.

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TSTSep 24, 2026

TST: dismissal the day after returning from a serious-illness leave is presumed discriminatory

3rd Panel applies Súmula 443 and finds discrimination in the dismissal of an employee with bipolar disorder with no justification from the company.

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TSTSep 24, 2026

TST: without a Sunday off every 15 days, retail employee is entitled to double pay

Special rule in article 386 of the CLT prevails over the general retail rule for Sunday-rest rotation.

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TSTSep 23, 2026

TST sets binding thesis: a stalled labor-claim enforcement proceeding can lapse, even with a judgment issued before 2017

Full Court sets requirements for personal notice and the right to justify a delay before enforcement is extinguished for intercurrent prescription.

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STFSep 23, 2026

STF concludes ruling and equalizes, by unanimous vote, maternity leave and adoption leave

120 days of paid leave, extendable by 60, for every mother, biological or adoptive, under any employment regime.

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TSTSep 22, 2026

TST to decide, under the repetitive-issue procedure, whether a function-based premium can be withdrawn after years of payment

Full Court admits the Banpará and Caixa cases under the repetitive-appeal procedure. Still an admission, not a decided thesis.

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TSTSep 22, 2026

TST denies an outsourced worker the confinement premium set out in a collective agreement signed only by the contracting company

Single-judge ruling cites STF Tema 383: the contracting company's collective bargaining instrument doesn't automatically extend to outsourced workers.

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TSTSep 21, 2026

TST: when the outsourced service provider goes bankrupt, the contracting company answers for the outsourced workers' rights

3rd Panel reaffirms Súmula 331: the service provider's court-supervised reorganization doesn't remove the contracting company's subsidiary liability.

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STJSep 21, 2026

STJ: private pension entity has ten years, not three, to recover a benefit paid under an injunction later reversed

Second Section standardizes case law: repayment follows the ten-year statute of limitations, given its contractual social-security nature.

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CARFSep 18, 2026

CARF confirms social-security contributions apply to premiums paid to non-employee directors

The panel upheld the assessment: PLR or premiums paid to non-employee statutory directors do not benefit from CARF Súmulas 195 and 196.

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CARFSep 18, 2026

CARF: a premium calculated and paid month by month forms part of the social-security contribution base

The monthly calculation frequency, not the label given to the payment, is what ruled out the exemption the company sought.

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