Overview
- The Court upheld an INSS appeal and overturned a 2020 STJ ruling that had recognized special time for vigilantes.
- The majority followed Alexandre de Moraes, while relator Kassio Nunes Marques dissented with Flávio Dino, Cármen Lúcia and Edson Fachin.
- The judgment was issued with general repercussion, making the outcome mandatory for similar cases across Brazil.
- Ministers applied the post‑2019 rule requiring effective exposure to harmful agents, rejecting risk alone and setting aside the relator’s proposed evidentiary exceptions.
- Government submissions projected a 35‑year fiscal impact of R$154 billion to as much as R$200 billion, with roughly 570,000 vigilantes cited to illustrate the scale.