Temer Recommends Equating Wages of Civil Servants With Private Sector

[Judi Lynn]

Temer's aides suggested to the president-elect to make wages in civil service comparable to the private sector

Nov.16.2018 3:58PM
Catia Seabra
Flavia Lima
SÃO PAULO

Michel Temer’s office alerted the transition team of president-elect Jair Bolsonaro about the tremendous impact of high salaries in the federal government’s payroll.

Temer’s aides recommended changing the government’s wage structure and make it similar to the private sector. They also suggested postponing salary increases slated for 2019 to 2020.

The measures are meant to curb increases in government wages in the next few years. By Temer’s aides’ calculations, a wage increase in the government payroll will cost, next year alone, R$ 4.7 billion to the public coffers.

The Ministry of Planning is conducting a study to “align the government’s wages to the salaries paid in the private sector.”

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