The Severance Indemnity Fund (FGTS) it is a social benefit aimed at those who work with a formal contract, working as financial protection in case of dismissal without just cause.
Every month, the worker deposits about 8% of his salary into the Guarantee Fund, which will remain under the responsibility of the company to protect his rights.
see more
Alert: THIS poisonous plant landed a young man in the hospital
Google develops AI tool to help journalists in…
In cases of unfair dismissal, natural disasters or the purchase of a home, the Brazilian worker can withdraw the total or partial value of the FGTS. Being 8% of the monthly amount, based on the current minimum wage, for R$ 1,302, the amount deposited in the Fund is R$ 104.1 per month.
However, the deposited balance has not been corrected for current inflation and uses a rate that does not correspond to the worker's current needs. In this line of thought, the political party Solidariedade took to the STF (Federal Supreme Court) the action requesting the revision of the Guarantee Fund.
Federal Supreme Court analyzes rate correction
The Referential Rate (TR) is responsible for the profitability of the amount that is stopped in the FGTS savings account, and the action makes it possible to replace the TR that is out of date. The STF began the trial on the 20th and will continue next Thursday, the 27th.
The rapporteur for the process at the STF is Minister Luís Roberto Barroso and he has defended the exchange of the Benchmark to ensure that workers have access to profitability in the Fund's savings Guarantee. Although the news is good, the action does not provide for the payment of retroactives.
If the STF decides to update the percentage, the previous values will not receive the profitability of the new rate, being valid only for the values counted from the decision. Although many workers are looking forward to the retroactive correction, with the rate lost over the years, the proposal remains viable.
From the new rate, the worker would have access to more than R$ 1,400 after 10 years of the FGTS in savings, as informed by investment advisor Michael Viriato.
Lover of movies and series and everything that involves cinema. An active curious on the networks, always connected to information about the web.