Arbitragem jurídica nas relações trabalhistas no setor sucroalcooleiro

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate how the arbitration may contribute in labor relations in the biofuel industry. This research was conducted by a case study in a plant located within the State of Sao Paulo. We decided to conduct a qualitative and exploratory research. Thus, we interviewed the lawyers and the legal manager of a sugarcane mill located in São Paulo, which provided the vital information for understanding and subsequent evidence of the effectiveness of the arbitration. As we can notice, the Public Justice does not have the ability to deliberate the legal issues by itself, so it is necessary the adoption of new methods to resolve conflicts between the parties. In this context, it is the practice of an arbitration method that resolves conflicts more quickly and provides the bottlenecking of the judiciary, especially when dealing with labor. The results obtained by the said company are very important, once the measurement of the results would prove that the arbitration may contribute to a better labor relation in the sugar sector; since with the enactment of Law No. 9307/96, the parties have autonomy to choose which method they prefer to resolve conflicts by Public Justice or Arbitration Corte. Furthermore, we proved that the company analyzed is greatly concerned about the growing demands of this area. Finally, we concluded that companies may adopt this method of conflict resolution, because the law in question was created to set new guidelines to the law and, in view of the backlog that the judiciary has, a company needs solutions that are faster and more economic.