What is CLT — Consolidation of Labor Laws?

The CLT is the backbone of Brazilian labor law. Enacted in 1943 (Decree-Law 5.452), it consolidates substantive rules — wages, working hours, termination, job security — and procedural ones — procedure, appeals, enforcement. It is the primary source to which nearly every claim and defense in labor litigation refers.

Venerable as it is, the CLT is living law: it has undergone deep changes, most notably the 2017 Labor Reform. To read a case is, first of all, to identify which provisions of the CLT — and in which wording — govern it.

How LABORIS AI uses it

LABORIS AI anchors each award and institute in its corresponding legal provision, keeping the reading of the case faithful to the applicable statutory basis — the foundation of a verifiable analysis rather than an opinionated one.