Retired labor judge Cláudia Márcia de Carvalho Soares, who defended in the Federal Supreme Court (STF) the payment of compensation to magistrates, the so-called “penduricalhos”, received around R$ 113.8 thousand net in December, according to data from the Regional Labor Court of the 1st Region.
The judge, who presides over the Brazilian Association of Labor Magistrates (ABMT), represented the entity during the trial of the injunction issued by Minister Flávio Dino, of the STF, which, according to him, could put an end to the “Empire of Penduricalhos”.
During her demonstration, she told Dino that judges face “a lot of legal uncertainty” as they do not know how much they will receive at the end of the month and that members of the career need to cover expenses such as fuel and coffee with their own salary. According to the judge, changes in understanding about the legality of certain funds generate financial instability in the category.
“The first-degree judge doesn’t have a car, he pays for the fuel out of his own pocket, the car is financed. He doesn’t have a functional apartment, he doesn’t have a health plan, he doesn’t have a cafeteria, he doesn’t have water and he doesn’t have coffee”, he maintained.
Data from the December paycheck indicates that, classified as inactive, she received approximately R$113.8 thousand net in the period. The amount exceeds the constitutional ceiling, currently linked to the allowance for STF ministers, of R$46,366.19, but may include installments such as the 13th salary, compensated vacations and retroactive payments.
Contacted through the association she presides over, the judge did not respond to the report until the publication of this text. The space remains open.
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The ongoing trial in the Court deals with the definition of which installments should or should not be limited by the ceiling. Some of the ministers defend the more restrictive application of the constitutional limit, while entities in the judiciary maintain that amounts of an indemnity nature cannot be classified as remuneration.
