Text, authored by the Board of Directors of the Chamber, created a bonus that grants one day of leave for every three days of work
President Lula (PT) sanctioned the salary adjustment for careers in the Legislative Branchbut vetoed devices with pendants which raised the salaries of civil servants in the Chamber of Deputies beyond the constitutional ceiling.
Authored by the Board of Directors of the Chamber, the text created a bonus that grants one day of leave for every three days of work, with the possibility of receiving cash instead of the leave. As a result, the salary of senior Chamber officials can reach approximately R$ 77 mil. The constitutional ceiling, which should be the limit for a public employee’s salary, is the salary of a minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF): R$ 46.366,19.
Lula partially sanctioned the laws that deal with the adjustments of employees in the Senate (15,350), Chamber (15,349) and Federal Audit Court (15,351). The devices that establish remuneration recomposition for 2026 in all three careers.
“The president vetoed the provisions that provided for staggered adjustments until 2029 because setting increases for periods after the end of the current mandate contradicts article 21, item IV, paragraph “d”, of the Fiscal Responsibility Law, which prohibits the creation of mandatory expenses in the last two four months of the mandate that cannot be fully fulfilled within it”, stated Planalto.
They were also vetoed sections that authorized retroactive payments of continued expenses, in violation of art. 169, paragraph 1, item II, of the Federal Constitution; and rules that provided for a semiannual calculation method for retirements and pensions, due to incompatibility with Constitutional Amendment No. 103/2019.
“In the case of compensatory leave, the projects authorized the granting of days of paid leave due to the accumulation of extraordinary activities – such as night sessions, audits and shifts – with the possibility of conversion into money. In certain cases, the amounts could exceed the constitutional ceiling for public service, currently set at R$ 46,366.19, which is why the devices were vetoed”, added Planalto.
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
