STF rules in favor of extra pay for additional risk bourne by non-contractual port workers

On Wednesday, June 3rd, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) decided that additional payment for risks to port workers who provide services on an individual basis, even without an employment relationship with companies operating at the terminals, is legal.  Most STF ministers understood that the benefit, initially only available to permanent employees of ports, also applies to other port workers who perform the same functions.  A 40% surcharge on the hourly wage is stipulated in Article 14 of Law 4,860 / 1965, a rule that deals with the work regime at ports.

The case ended up at the Supreme Court after an appeal by the Labor-Management Body of the Outsourced Port Service of the Organized Port of Paranaguá and Antonina (OGMO-PR) to annul the decision made by the Superior Labor Court (TST), which also guaranteed the surcharge to independent port workers.

Source: Agência Brasil

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