Regional Labor Courts

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Regional Labor Courts (Portuguese: Tribunais Regionais do Trabalho) are Brazilian appellate courts of the Federal specialized court system for matters of labor law. There currently are 24 Regional Labor Courts, geographically defined by numbered Regions.

A Labour court in Campinas, Brazil
Regional Labor Courts of Brazil[1][2]
Region Jurisdiction Headquarters Desembargadores (2009) Foundation
1st Rio de Janeiro state Rio de Janeiro 54 1946
2nd São Paulo and Santos metropolitan areas[3] São Paulo 94[4] 1946
3rd Minas Gerais state Belo Horizonte 36 1946
4th Rio Grande do Sul state Porto Alegre 36 1946
5th Bahia state Salvador 29 1946
6th Pernambuco state Recife 18 1946
7th Ceará state Fortaleza 14 1946
8th Pará and Amapá states Belém 23 1946
9th Paraná state Curitiba 28 1975
10th Distrito Federal and Tocantins state Brasília 17 1981
11th Amazonas and Roraima states Manaus 14 1981
12th Santa Catarina state Florianópolis 18 1981
13th Paraíba state João Pessoa 8 1985
14th Rondônia and Acre states Porto Velho 8 1986
15th São Paulo state not included in 2nd Region Campinas 55 1986
16th Maranhão state São Luís 8 1988
17th Espírito Santo state Vitória 12 1989
18th Goiás state Goiânia 13 1989
19th Alagoas state Maceió 8 1991
20th Sergipe state Aracaju 8 1991
21st Rio Grande do Norte state Natal 8 1991
22nd Piauí state Teresina 8 1991
23rd Mato Grosso state Cuiabá 8 1992
24th Mato Grosso do Sul state Campo Grande 8 1992

In relation to other courts

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The 92 courts of the Brazilian judiciary
State Federal
Superior
courts
0 Supreme Federal Court
STF
1
Federal superior courts

STJ TSE TST STM

4
Common
justice
Court of Justice
TJ
27 Federal Regional Courts
TRF1 .. TRF6
6
Specialized
justice
Court of
Military Justice
 [pt]
3 Electoral Justice Courts
TRE
27
TJM Regional Labor Courts
TRT
24
Total
[5][6][7]
30 62

References

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  1. ^ Table of Judges (in Portuguese).
  2. ^ Brazilian Consolidation of Labor Laws, art. 670 and comments (in Portuguese).
  3. ^ More specifically, the municipalities of Arujá, Barueri, Biritiba-Mirim, Caieiras, Cajamar, Carapicuíba, Cotia, Cubatão, Diadema, Embu, Embu-Guaçu, Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Francisco Morato, Franco da Rocha, Guararema, Guarujá, Guarulhos, Itapecerica da Serra, Itapevi, Itaquaquecetuba, Jandira, Juquitiba, Mairiporã, Mauá, Mogi das Cruzes, Osasco, Pirapora do Bom Jesus, Poá, Praia Grande, Ribeirão Pires, Rio Grande da Serra, Salesópolis, Santa Isabel, Santana de Parnaíba, Santo André, Santos, São Bernardo do Campo, São Caetano do Sul, São Vicente, Suzano e Taboão da Serra. Source: Law 7520 (in Portuguese) plus subsequent municipalities fragmentations.
  4. ^ Law 12098 (in Portuguese).
  5. ^ "O Brasil tem 91 tribunais - Para Entender Direito" [Brazil has 91 courts - Understand the Law]. Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2015.
  6. ^ DataSelf (8 January 2021). "Conheça as diferenças e funções dos tribunais brasileiros" [Know the differences and functions of the Brazilian courts] (in Portuguese). DataSelf. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  7. ^ Conselho Nacional de Justiça. "Tribunais - Portal CNJ" [Courts - CNJ Portal]. National Council of Justice (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 June 2023.