Jayme Petra de Mello Neto
Lawyer at Marcos Martins Advogados
In a unanimous decision, the Second Panel of the Superior Labor Court disregarded pay slips without the employee’s signature presented in court by the company. The decision followed TST case law, which only considers signed receipts or bank deposit slips to be valid as evidence, under the terms of article 464 of the CLT.
It is therefore of the utmost importance to file all pay slips with the employee’s legible signature, or proof of payment, which can be replaced by the employee’s financial file, so that proof of payment can be provided in any labor lawsuit
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