The repercussions of the binding precedent n. 4 in Labor Law

Abstract

The possibility of using or not using the minimum wage as an indexer of calculation basis for the insalubrity premium has always been a very controversial and provocative topic. In order to try to unify the different understandings on this issue the Supreme Federal Court has approved the binding precedent n. 4. This paper exactly addresses the legal context that originated the binding precedent n. 4 and its repercussions on Labor Law. The work also shows that the binding precedent n. 4 has not pacified the jurisprudential controversy about the possibility of indexing the calculation basis for the hazard pay to the minimum wage. Firstly, however, it will be addressed with a critical view, some general aspects about the binding precedents, such as, for example, their concepts, their main characteristics and their effects. This is a research that evidence some important points of view about the binding precedents, as well as and the tangled web that involves the binding precedent n. 4, serving as a great tool for the good jurists.