Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
The appellant, an employee of Odebrecht Angola LTD, brought an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a judgment of the Labour Chamber of the Supreme Court upholding the dismissal of his claim against a collective redundancy, relying on the principles of job security and social protection, as he had suffered a work accident. The Court dismissed the appeal because collective redundancy rests on objective just cause and the work-accident ban on dismissal covers only subjective just cause.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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