Moraes, Zanin, Dino and Gilmar issued identical orders in different processes
O blocked reviews and restructuring of positions in the Judiciary and Public Ministry that could indirectly increase salaries. The determinations were signed this Friday (May 8, 2026) by the ministers , e . The measures reach bodies of the Judiciary, Public Ministries, Audit Courts, Public Attorneys and Public Defenders across the country.
The ministers identified attempts to circumvent the civil service salary cap established by the Court. They filed orders in separate cases with identical content. The determinations prohibit the review, reclassification or restructuring of districts, positions and functions. Read (PDF-110kB).
The measures also prohibit the expansion of benefits related to assistance and health aid. The ministers cited the reclassification of districts as difficult to serve as an example of a prohibited practice. The determinations also prevent the creation of new bonuses that could serve as mechanisms to increase remuneration. Read (PDF-127kB).
The STF determined the limit of the compensation installments. Read the (PDF-3mB).
The Supreme Court maintained the appreciation portion based on career seniority for active and inactive employees. The calculation will be at the rate of 5% of the respective subsidy for every 5 years of effective legal activity.
The new rules try to curb practices that force additions. Now, there are strict rules for paying additional pay for those who work in isolated cities and payment for teaching.
In the orders, the ministers stated that prohibited practices include “deployments of offices, new rules on functional shifts, accumulation bonuses, among other ways of circumventing loyal and respectful compliance with the STF’s decision”.
The ministers also declared: “The model defined by the Federal Supreme Court seeks to prevent the reproduction of practices based on remuneration comparisons between different bodies, with successive claims of equality, incompatible with administrative rationality, fiscal responsibility and uniform compliance with the decisions of this Court”.
The new STF rules establish that remuneration must be completely transparent. Therefore, the ministers decided that “payments recorded in more than one paycheck are prohibited”ensuring that the official document is “transparent and faithful” to the amount that the professional actually receives in his bank account.
