TST Thesis 125 Expands Provisional Stability And Ensures Right Even Without 15-Day Absence Or Sick Leave In Cases Of Occupational Disease.

Written by Sara Aquino

Published on 24/09/2025 at 09:34

A Tese 125 do TST redefine os critérios de estabilidade provisória por doença ocupacional, dispensando afastamento de mais de 15 dias ou benefício acidentário. Veja como isso impacta empregados e empresas. Imagem: JOTA

Be the first to react!

Tese 125 of the TST Redefines the Criteria for Provisional Stability Due to Occupational Illness, Waiving Absence of More Than 15 Days or Accident Benefit. See How This Impacts Employees and Companies.

What Is Tese 125 of the TST and Why Was It Judged

Tese 125, established by the Superior Labor Court (TST) on April 25, 2025, decided that, to guarantee the provisional stability provided for in Article 118 of Law 8.213/91, it is not necessary for the worker to have been absent for more than 15 days nor to have received accident-related sick pay — as long as it is proven, even after the end of the contract, the causal or concurrent link of the occupational disease.

The decision formalizes an important change in relation to the previous understanding, which linked provisional stability to stricter requirements.

As a result, employees now have broader protection, and employers need to adjust internal practices to comply with the new binding rule.

ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW

How the Tese Affects Workers

For those who become ill at work or develop an occupational disease, Tese 125 represents a real gain in protection.

Now, even without an absence longer than 15 days or without the granting of sick pay by the INSS, the employee can claim job security for 12 months if there is proof of the causal or concurrent link with the activities performed.

This change particularly benefits workers whose illnesses become noticeable only after the employment relationship has been terminated, or whose formal absences were not requested or denied.

With the new tese, there will be the possibility of stability even in these cases.

Challenges and Impacts for Companies

Employers will now have to revise occupational health procedures and absence management.

Tese 125 requires more rigor in documenting work-related illnesses and in supervising working conditions to avoid legal liabilities.

Additionally, with the requirement for proof of occupational link, companies will need to improve their internal processes for medical verification, expert examinations, and workplace environment records.

Legal Security Versus Uncertainties

The new tese becomes binding in the system of qualified precedents, meaning that all judges in the Labor Justice system must follow it.

In this way, its application will be uniform throughout the country.

On the other hand, there are practical doubts, such as determining exactly when stability begins (contract termination date or another), especially in cases without formal absence or benefits.

These legal gaps may generate new litigation, even with the tese consolidated.

0 Comments

most recent

older Most voted

TST Thesis 125 Expands Provisional Stability And Ensures Right Even Without 15-Day Absence Or Sick Leave In Cases Of Occupational Disease.

Tese 125 of the TST Redefines the Criteria for Provisional Stability Due to Occupational Illness, Waiving Absence of More Than 15 Days or Accident Benefit. See How This Impacts Employees and Companies.

What Is Tese 125 of the TST and Why Was It Judged

How the Tese Affects Workers

Challenges and Impacts for Companies

Legal Security Versus Uncertainties

A giant printer called the “Ferrari” of concrete has landed in Latin America and can already build a 120-square-meter house in just 48 hours, making the traditional construction site look like something from the last century.

Brazil will harvest a record crop of up to 357 million tons of grains, but it does not have the capacity to store a large part of it. The storage deficit has reached the highest level in history and is equivalent to almost the entire production of Argentina.

Four times faster than the Concorde, capable of taking passengers from New York to London in less than an hour at Mach 5.5, and with an engine that switches from turbojet to ramjet mid-flight at Mach 3.5, the Hermeus Quarterhorse went from paper to its first flight in just 19 months.

She started by collecting oyster shells from restaurants and today she has already accumulated more than 10 tons to restore reefs, recover coastal habitats, and demonstrate how a common waste can become a tool for ocean conservation.

SpaceX will dock a $843 million vehicle to the International Space Station to push a nearly 420-ton laboratory against the atmosphere and make the debris fall in a controlled manner into the ocean.

China opens the world’s first school where more than 100 humanoid robots from different brands will study together, each movement will be repeated up to 600 times a day and the data will feed a collective brain that will teach all the robots of the future.

The explosion in Siberia, recorded on June 30, 1908, over Tunguska, released energy estimated between 10 and 15 megatons of TNT, devastated about 2,150 square kilometers of forest, knocked down approximately 80 million trees, and remains one of the biggest warnings about near-Earth objects.

Lock manufacturer from Rio Grande do Sul invests R$ 150 million to surpass R$ 1 billion in revenue, create 200 jobs, and double storage capacity, while choosing Santa Catarina to set up a new logistics center and speed up deliveries in Southern Brazil.

The Iron Beam combat laser from Israel goes into real operation and starts shooting down drones for about three and a half dollars per shot.

Bermuda Triangle: the real mystery lies beneath the Earth and not in the missing ships; scientists find a 20 km rock layer under the Atlantic, formed more than 30 million years ago at almost 50 km depth.

TST Thesis 125 Expands Provisional Stability And Ensures Right Even Without 15-Day Absence Or Sick Leave In Cases Of Occupational Disease.

Tese 125 of the TST Redefines the Criteria for Provisional Stability Due to Occupational Illness, Waiving Absence of More Than 15 Days or Accident Benefit. See How This Impacts Employees and Companies.

What Is Tese 125 of the TST and Why Was It Judged

How the Tese Affects Workers

Challenges and Impacts for Companies

Legal Security Versus Uncertainties

A giant printer called the “Ferrari” of concrete has landed in Latin America and can already build a 120-square-meter house in just 48 hours, making the traditional construction site look like something from the last century.

Brazil will harvest a record crop of up to 357 million tons of grains, but it does not have the capacity to store a large part of it. The storage deficit has reached the highest level in history and is equivalent to almost the entire production of Argentina.

Four times faster than the Concorde, capable of taking passengers from New York to London in less than an hour at Mach 5.5, and with an engine that switches from turbojet to ramjet mid-flight at Mach 3.5, the Hermeus Quarterhorse went from paper to its first flight in just 19 months.

She started by collecting oyster shells from restaurants and today she has already accumulated more than 10 tons to restore reefs, recover coastal habitats, and demonstrate how a common waste can become a tool for ocean conservation.

SpaceX will dock a $843 million vehicle to the International Space Station to push a nearly 420-ton laboratory against the atmosphere and make the debris fall in a controlled manner into the ocean.

China opens the world’s first school where more than 100 humanoid robots from different brands will study together, each movement will be repeated up to 600 times a day and the data will feed a collective brain that will teach all the robots of the future.

From the typewriter to the home office: how work has changed and why new generations think differently

Work on holidays changes in Brazilian commerce and new rule targets supermarkets, pharmacies, retailers, and companies under mandatory collective bargaining agreement.

When does the end of the 6×1 schedule take effect in Brazil? Discussion gains momentum in Congress and could redefine the working hours of millions of employees, altering traditional work models in various sectors.

NR-1 obliges companies to pay attention to mental health at work and highlights the impact of abusive targets, exhausting work hours, and harassment on leaves due to psychological disorders.

Law of Temporary Workers is approved in the Chamber: rural workers will be able to sign the work card without losing Bolsa Família, if sanctioned by the president.

The explosion in Siberia, recorded on June 30, 1908, over Tunguska, released energy estimated between 10 and 15 megatons of TNT, devastated about 2,150 square kilometers of forest, knocked down approximately 80 million trees, and remains one of the biggest warnings about near-Earth objects.

Lock manufacturer from Rio Grande do Sul invests R$ 150 million to surpass R$ 1 billion in revenue, create 200 jobs, and double storage capacity, while choosing Santa Catarina to set up a new logistics center and speed up deliveries in Southern Brazil.

The Iron Beam combat laser from Israel goes into real operation and starts shooting down drones for about three and a half dollars per shot.

Bermuda Triangle: the real mystery lies beneath the Earth and not in the missing ships; scientists find a 20 km rock layer under the Atlantic, formed more than 30 million years ago at almost 50 km depth.