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Constitutional Court declares labor credit jurisdiction rule unconstitutional, mandating labor courts instead of civil courts.

Case Number TC_19950295
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional a provision in the Labor Law that assigned labor credit disputes to civil courts. The Court held that after the 1977 Labor Law took effect, such disputes must be heard by labor courts. Consequently, the Court ordered the Supreme Court of Justice to reform its decision and apply the correct jurisdictional rule.

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Art. 168(1)(q) of the Constitution; Art. 8(1) of Decree-Law 137/85: The Constitutional Court ruled that labor credit disputes arising from employment relations must be adjudicated by labor courts, not civil courts, following the enactment of the 1977 Labor Law.

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labor credit jurisdiction Constitutional unconstitutionality labor courts competence civil court exclusion Labor Law 1977

Cited Legislation

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Art. 168(1)(q) of the Constitution
Art. 8(1) of Decree-Law 137/85
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TC_19950164
Constitutional Court dismisses appeal regarding jurisdictional competence after prior invalidation ruling. The court holds that the Supreme Court's application of a non-revoked statute does not violate the prior constitutional decision. The court refuses to review the substantive interpretation of the statute by the lower court. The court states it cannot re-evaluate the lower court's reasoning on jurisdictional competence. The court notes the appeal does not address the specific constitutional issue previously decided. The court concludes that the lower court's decision remains valid despite the prior ruling.
TC_19950506
Portuguese Constitutional Court rules labor credit disputes must be heard by labor courts, not common courts.
73/95
Constitutional court rules labor credit disputes must be heard by labor courts, not common courts.
TC_19940151
Portuguese Constitutional Court declares unconstitutional a decree-law provision assigning labor debt jurisdiction to civil courts.
TC_19950635
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Acórdão 295/95

ACÓRDÃO Nº 295/95

Proc. nº 410/91

1ª Secção

Cons. Rel.: Assunção Esteves

Acordam no Tribunal Constitucional:

Nos presentes autos, vindos do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, sendo recorrentes A. e outros e recorridos a B. e o Ministério Público, pelos fundamentos do Acórdão nº 270/93, ainda inédito, mas junto por cópia aos presentes autos decide-se:

a) - Julgar inconstitucional, por violação do artigo 168º, nº 1, alínea q), da Constituição [redacção de 1982], a norma do arti­go 8º, nº 1, do Decreto-Lei nº 137/85, de 3 de Maio, interpretada no sentido de que, estando em causa créditos laborais, os tribu­nais comuns que ali se referem são os tribunais cíveis;

b) - Em consequência, conceder provimento ao recurso e orde­nar a reforma da decisão recorrida de modo a nela ser aplicada a norma do artigo 8º, nº 1, do Decreto-Lei nº 137/85, de 3 de Maio, com o sentido de que, a expressão "tribunais comuns" constantes de tal preceito deve, após o inicio da vigência da Lei nº 82/77, de 6 de Dezembro e quando estejam em causa créditos oriundos de relações laborais, ser entendida como correspondendo aos tribunais do trabalho.

Lisboa, 7 de Junho de 1995

Maria da Assunção Esteves

Armindo Ribeiro Mendes

Antero Alves Monteiro Dinis

Vítor Nunes de Almeida

Alberto Tavares da Costa

Maria Fernanda Palma

José Manuel Cardoso da Costa