The General Inspectorate of Labor Justice confirmed that it happened on Thursday (26), one day after the decision of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) that limited the penduricalhos. The body reported having registered such movements in three of the 24 administrative regions of the Labor Court.
According to the note released on Friday (27), the TRTs (Regional Labor Courts) of the 2nd Region (Greater São Paulo and Baixada Santista), 9th Region (Paraná) and 16th Region (Maranhão) were impacted. The internal affairs department did not say how many or which courts mobilized and ruled out what it called an “organized protest movement.”
This Friday, there were no reports of hearings being postponed. The TRT-2 Communications secretariat also said it had not been informed about new cancellations.
Like that, lawyers complained about cancellations of hearings for no apparent reason at the Ruy Barbosa Regional Labor Forum, located in Barra Funda, west of São Paulo. There were also reports of postponements in courts in the cities of Cajamar and Cotia, in the metropolitan region of São Paulo.
The movement, considered atypical, was associated with a possible reaction to the STF’s decision that limited the salaries of magistrates and other careers in the Justice system to 70% of the constitutional ceiling, which is R$46.3 thousand. , Supreme Court ministers, whose salary is equivalent to the ceiling, cannot receive additional payments above R$32,400.
The internal affairs department also mentions that the reshuffling of the cabinet agenda “is part of the daily activity of magistrates”, but reaffirms the need to justify the changes and informs that it will investigate individual attitudes.
“Potential abuses must and will be curbed, and the suspension of hearings without any justification or without plausible reasons to the detriment of those under jurisdiction is not permissible, especially if motivated by an act of individual protest of any kind”, says the statement.
On Thursday night, regional bodies were notified to provide information about any unjustified cancellations. The General Inspector’s Office stated that there is still a need for investigation in the states, which must occur in an “individualized manner and with prior hearing from the labor magistrates involved, to determine their respective and possible responsibilities”.
