English-Portuguese Glossary: Labor Law

Translating legal terms can be challenging, especially when it comes to the specificities of each country's legal system. For this reason, this glossary seeks to present suitable alternatives for common expressions in Labor Law.

When translating the names of public bodies, it is important to keep the original Portuguese word in quotation marks, as in the case of "23ª Vara do Trabalho" translated as "23th Regional Labor Court ('23ª Vara do Trabalho')".

Portuguese	English
Adicional de Insalubridade	Health Hazard Bonus
Adicional de Periculosidade	Hazard Bonus
Aviso Prévio	Advance Notice
Capacidade postulatória	Capacity to plead in court
Carência de ação	Lack of right of action
Cargo de confiança	Position of trust
Coisa julgada	Res judicata
Custas processuais	Costs of the action
Direitos indisponíveis	Unwaivable rights
Efeito devolutivo	Effect of review
Efeito suspensivo	Suspensive effect
Exceção de suspeição/impedimento	Motion to recuse the judge
Férias Proporcionais	Vacation Periods
FGTS	FGTS - Government Severance Indemnity Fund
Honorários da Justiça do Trabalho	Labor Court Fees
Horas Extras	Overtime
Horas Extras/Adicional de Horas Extras	Overtime
Horas Extras/Reflexos	Overtime/Reflections
Incompetência em razão da matéria	lack of jurisdiction due to the matter
Indenização por Dano Moral	Compensation for Moral Damage
Inépcia da inicial	Defective pleading
Intervalo Intrajornada	Intra-workday Breaks
Intervalo Intrajornada/Adicional de Hora Extra	Overtime Payments/Intra-workday Breaks
Legitimidade	Standing to sue
Litispendência	Lis alibi pendens
Multa de 40% do FGTS	Penalty of 40% of the FGTS - Government Severance Indemnity Fund upon termination
Multa do Art. 477 da CLT	Penalty established by the Art. 477 of the CLT
Multa do Artigo 467 da CLT	Penalty established in Art. 467 of CLT
Preparo recursal	Appeal bond
Reconhecimento de Relação de Emprego/Vínculo trabalhista	Employment Relationship Recognition
Recurso de revista	Appeal for review
Regimento	Internal rules
Rescisão Indireta	Indirect Termination
Revelia	Judgment by default
Saldo de Salário	Overdue Salary Payments
Verbas Rescisórias	Severance Pay
Verbas Rescisórias/13º Salário	Severance Pay/13th Salary
Vínculo trabalhista	Employment relationship