EFFECTS OF WORKIST REFORM ON LABOR JUSTICE: ANALYSIS OF PROCESSUAL DYNAMICS IN THE SECOND LABOR COURT OF SANTA MARIA/RS

Abstract

Objectives: The Labor Reform, operated by Law nº 13,467 / 2017, brought substantial changes to the Labor Procedural Law. In this sense, the present article aims to analyze such reformist impacts in the laborist procedural area, especially in the labor procedural dynamics, operated in the second Labor Court of Santa Maria / RS, which demand a new and a differentiated performance of the professionals who work in the labor area (lawyers and accountants). Methodology: The present study constitutes a systematization of quantitative data from the second Labor Court of Santa Maria presented by the system of the Regional Labor Court of the 4th Region from the year 2012 to 2019, followed by bibliographic and legislative reviews that follow the deductive method. It uses field research complemented by a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary bibliographic, legislative and doctrinal aport. Results: Several labor procedural changes were operated by the Labor Reform. Thus, it is concluded that there were changes in the quantitative distribution of the shares per rite, however, the total number of lawsuits remained constant. Contributions: The main contribution of this research resides in the possibility of reflecting and inquiring about the impacts of the Labor Reform in the lawsuits that are being processed in the second Labor Court of Santa Maria-RS (Labor Justice).

Keywords

• reforma trabalhista
• pesquisa quantitativa
• pesquisa doutrinária
• ações judiciais
• justiça do trabalho