A nova competência da justiça do trabalho: Reflexos nas ações trabalhistas

Abstract

Constitutional Amendment n. 45/04 brought significant changes for the competency of Labour Justice, especially in what it touches to its material scope. The depth of the alterations propitiated for the constitutional reform had emerged at the first moments after the publication of the Amendment. It is certain, however, that, even after more than one year and a half away of its promulgation, Amendment 45/04 continues generating great controversy, as much in the doctrine, as in the practical jurisprudence. Many are the still latent doubts, for example that referring to the (un)existence of criminal competency at Labor Courts. The reason of this work inhabits exactly in the analysis of some of the mentioned alterations, examining them separately, with looks to find solutions for the quandaries established