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STF Halts 'Revisão da Vida Toda' Case After Moraes Requests More Time

The pause leaves retirees unsure whether a narrow exception will cover suits filed between December 2019 and April 2024.

Overview

  • The Supreme Court suspended the virtual hearing after Minister Alexandre de Moraes asked to review the case, and no new date has been set.
  • Votes recorded before the pause stood at 4–1 to keep the 2024 ruling that blocks retirees from choosing the broader recalculation.
  • Minister Dias Toffoli cast the lone vote to shield claimants who sued from December 16, 2019 to April 5, 2024, saying many are older, low‑income, or dependents.
  • The appeal was filed by the metalworkers’ confederation CNTM to validate the revision for people who sued within that window, and it is the fourth challenge to reach the Court.
  • The 'revisão da vida toda' would let retirees include wages earned before July 1994 in INSS benefit math, a path the Court affirmed in 2022 but reversed in April 2024.