What is Obligation to perform (obrigação de fazer)?

An obligation to perform is a conviction to do an act, not to pay an amount. In labor litigation it translates into annotating or correcting the work record (CTPS), releasing severance-fund and unemployment-insurance forms, handing over documents. To secure compliance, the court usually sets astreintes — a daily fine that pressures the debtor (arts. 536 and 537 of the CPC).

The risk here lies not in the principal amount but in the fine that accumulates with inaction: a simple obligation, ignored, can generate a disproportionate liability by the mere passage of time.

How LABORIS AI uses it

LABORIS AI distinguishes the obligation-to-perform claim from monetary awards and highlights the astreintes risk, flagging the compliance deadlines so a daily fine does not, through oversight, turn into a significant conviction.