Regional Labor Courts

Regional Labor Courts (Portuguese: Tribunais Regionais do Trabalho) are Brazilian appellate courts of the Federal specialized court system for matters of labor law. There currently are 24 Regional Labor Courts, geographically defined by numbered Regions.

Regional Labor Courts of Brazil^[1][2]

Region	Jurisdiction	Headquarters	Desembargadores (2009)	Foundation
1st	Rio de Janeiro state	Rio de Janeiro	54	1946
2nd	São Paulo and Santos metropolitan areas[3]	São Paulo	94[4]	1946
3rd	Minas Gerais state	Belo Horizonte	36	1946
4th	Rio Grande do Sul state	Porto Alegre	36	1946
5th	Bahia state	Salvador	29	1946
6th	Pernambuco state	Recife	18	1946
7th	Ceará state	Fortaleza	14	1946
8th	Pará and Amapá states	Belém	23	1946
9th	Paraná state	Curitiba	28	1975
10th	Distrito Federal and Tocantins state	Brasília	17	1981
11th	Amazonas and Roraima states	Manaus	14	1981
12th	Santa Catarina state	Florianópolis	18	1981
13th	Paraíba state	João Pessoa	8	1985
14th	Rondônia and Acre states	Porto Velho	8	1986
15th	São Paulo state not included in 2nd Region	Campinas	55	1986
16th	Maranhão state	São Luís	8	1988
17th	Espírito Santo state	Vitória	12	1989
18th	Goiás state	Goiânia	13	1989
19th	Alagoas state	Maceió	8	1991
20th	Sergipe state	Aracaju	8	1991
21st	Rio Grande do Norte state	Natal	8	1991
22nd	Piauí state	Teresina	8	1991
23rd	Mato Grosso state	Cuiabá	8	1992
24th	Mato Grosso do Sul state	Campo Grande	8	1992

A Labour court in Campinas, Brazil

In relation to other courts

The 92 courts of the Brazilian judiciary

v t e	State		Federal
Superior courts		0	Supreme Federal Court STF	1
			Federal superior courts STJ TSE TST STM	4
Common justice	Court of Justice TJ	27	Federal Regional Courts TRF1 .. TRF6	6
Specialized justice	Court of Military Justice [pt]	3	Electoral Justice Courts TRE	27
	TJM		Regional Labor Courts TRT	24
Total [5][6][7]		30		62

References

1. Table of Judges (in Portuguese).
2. Brazilian Consolidation of Labor Laws, art. 670 and comments (in Portuguese).
3. More specifically, the municipalities of Arujá, Barueri, Biritiba-Mirim, Caieiras, Cajamar, Carapicuíba, Cotia, Cubatão, Diadema, Embu, Embu-Guaçu, Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Francisco Morato, Franco da Rocha, Guararema, Guarujá, Guarulhos, Itapecerica da Serra, Itapevi, Itaquaquecetuba, Jandira, Juquitiba, Mairiporã, Mauá, Mogi das Cruzes, Osasco, Pirapora do Bom Jesus, Poá, Praia Grande, Ribeirão Pires, Rio Grande da Serra, Salesópolis, Santa Isabel, Santana de Parnaíba, Santo André, Santos, São Bernardo do Campo, São Caetano do Sul, São Vicente, Suzano e Taboão da Serra. Source: Law 7520 (in Portuguese) plus subsequent municipalities fragmentations.
4. Law 12098 (in Portuguese).
5. "O Brasil tem 91 tribunais - Para Entender Direito" [Brazil has 91 courts - Understand the Law]. Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2015.
6. DataSelf (8 January 2021). "Conheça as diferenças e funções dos tribunais brasileiros" [Know the differences and functions of the Brazilian courts] (in Portuguese). DataSelf. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
7. Conselho Nacional de Justiça. "Tribunais - Portal CNJ" [Courts - CNJ Portal]. National Council of Justice (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 June 2023.