With the PEC (Constitutional Amendment Project) approved, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security asked this Thursday (21) city halls across the country to send information about regularly registered taxi drivers to fund the aid disbursed. The first batch of emergency aid payments for taxi drivers should be released on August 16 and for truck drivers the week before.
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PEC approved in June
At the end of June, the Senate approved the bill to establish the state of emergency until the end of 2022 and expand social security payments, PEC 1/2022. This includes assistance to truck drivers and taxi drivers as described below.
Necessary criteria
Assistance for truck drivers (5.4 billion reais):
- Assigned to self-employed operators regardless of the number of vehicles they own;
- A monthly voucher of BRL 1,000 for those enrolled in the National Register of Road Cargo Carriers (RNTRC);
- No diesel proof of purchase required upon receipt.
According to the ministry, the truck drivers' registration information was passed on by the National Land Transport Agency of the Ministry of Infrastructure and is already being processed.
Aid for taxi drivers (2 billion reais):
- Professionals registered as taxi drivers;
- Those who applied before May 31, 2022 will be considered after submitting authorization documents;
- The formation of the register and how the payment will be made will still be guided and defined.
The value and number of installments of the aid will be adjusted based on the number of registered beneficiaries, respecting the global limits provided for in the social security legislation that can be used to pay aid.
City Hall needs to send information
However, mayors need to send registration information to the ministry's website, which will be allowed from today (25). Guidelines for entering data and other information on aid payments will be on the portal.
The system will be open to accept registrations that are made until the 31st of July. On the 25th, anyone who has not yet received a communication from the Ministry will be able to enter the system to send information.
Due to the authority of the city or district on this matter, the municipality must submit a registration form for taxi drivers. In addition, the registration data will be processed by the federal government's technology partner company, Dataprev.
