New meal vouchers for public employees will cost R$2.3 billion per year

The adjustment of 51.9% of the food voucher agreed on Thursday (April 25, 2024) between the president’s government Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and entities representing federal public employees will cost R$2.3 billion per year, according to estimates from the Power360. Per month, the value must have an impact of R$ 195.1 million.

In addition to food assistance, the values ​​of health and daycare benefits were also adjusted. The total cost to the government must be at least R$2.8 billion, considering all valleys.

The calculation considers the number of 570,426 public employees, the total number of employees up to the month of March, according to the Personnel Statistical Panel of the Ministry of Planning.

It is not yet possible to specify the real impact of the increase. According to the MGI (Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services), responsible for signing the adjustments with the entities, the amount spent by the government on health vouchers and daycare vouchers depends on the use of the benefits by employees.

Considering the total number of employees in March, costs must be at least:

• health voucher: R$40.3 million monthly and R$483 million annually; It is,
• daycare voucher: R$93.5 million monthly and R$1.1 billion annually.

The numbers could be even higher considering the CNU (Unified National Competition), which will be held on May 5th. It is planned to hire 7,000 new civil servants.

Wanted by Power360, the Ministry of Management and Innovation reported in a statement that this year’s budget law set aside around R$1 billion for the adjustment. The value, according to the agency, was agreed in the National Permanent Negotiation Table.

“The real impact depends on the use of benefit servers such as health benefits and daycare benefits”he said in a note.

INCREASE

Below are the increases for each benefit:

• food voucher – goes from R$658 to R$1,000. The increase is R$342;
• health voucher – goes from R$ 144.38 to R$ 215. The increase is R$ 70.62; It is
• daycare voucher– goes from R$321 to R$484.90. The increase is R$163.9.

The agreement was signed through SRT (Labour Relations Secretariat) of the Ministry of Management and Innovation.

The government also committed to implementing by July all specific career tables that have not yet been opened at the Negotiation Table. There are 18 specific negotiation tables open. In total, 10 have already reached agreements and 8 are in progress.

According to the secretariat, the increase in food assistance alone results in an income gain of more than 4.5% for more than 200,000 active employees – who are those who earn up to R$9,000 per month.

Employees with the lowest salaries in the federal public service who simultaneously receive the 3 benefits (food, health and daycare) receive an increase in their total remuneration that reaches 23%.