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What is 13th salary (13º salário)?
Also: 13º salário · décimo terceiro · 13th salary · year-end bonus
The 13th salary is the year-end bonus equal to 1/12 of pay per month worked — a fraction of 15 days or more counts as a full month. It includes habitual amounts (overtime, premiums) in its base.
The proof is the payroll and the discharge receipts.
Observed grant pattern: about 68% of merits decisions on this award (base: real Labor Court cases).
How LABORIS AI uses it
LABORIS AI checks the claim against the payroll and computes the real difference, avoiding double-charging what has already been paid.
Legal basis
Lei 4.090/1962CF, art. 7º, VIII
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