In Minas Gerais, judges and magistrates earn an extra R$ 75.
Judges and justices in Minas Gerais received an extra payment of up to R$ 75, corresponding to another installment of the housing allowance owed by the courts to magistrates who were in office between September 1994 and December 1997; within the corridors of the Court of Justice, the information is that the next deposit of the same amount will be made into the magistrates' accounts in the second half of the year; in 2014, the justices of Minas Gerais approved the payment of the housing allowance to their members in the amount of R$ 4.786,14 per month, reduced shortly afterwards to R$ 4.377,73 by order of the CNJ (National Council of Justice); the amount is not subject to income tax or social security contributions.
Mines 247 - Judges and magistrates in Minas Gerais received an extra payment of up to R$ 75 on Wednesday (22), referring to another installment of the housing allowance back pay guaranteed by the Justice system to magistrates who were in office between September 1994 and December 1997. In the corridors of the Court of Justice, the information is that the next deposit of the same amount will be made into the magistrates' accounts in the second half of the year, according to the newspaper. State of Minas.
The retroactive payment refers to the defunct "salary equivalence allowance," a sum paid to magistrates as compensation for the housing allowance that was only paid to federal and state deputies. In 1988, the Chamber of Deputies created the benefit for parliamentarians – equivalent to approximately R$ 3 in current Brazilian currency.
In 1992, federal legislation was passed guaranteeing judges and magistrates throughout the country equivalent benefits to those of members of parliament and senators, which mandated that courts pay similar amounts to their members. However, the law was not enforced between 1994 and 1997. As a consequence, the Association of Federal Judges of Brazil (Ajufe) filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Federal Court (STF) in September 1999 to ensure that magistrates received the benefit.
In February 2000, then-Supreme Court Justice Nelson Jobim, rapporteur for the case, granted an injunction ordering the addition of the Additional Equivalence Allowance (PAE) to salaries and the payment of retroactive amounts. The Supreme Court also issued Resolution 195/00 including the allowance, but under the name of housing allowance, for all Brazilian magistrates.
Since the lawsuit was dismissed in August 2002, the associations representing the judges are demanding payment of the arrears. The National Council of Justice (CNJ) only acknowledged this liability five years ago, in 2011.
In October 2014, the judges of Minas Gerais approved the payment of housing allowance to their members in the amount of R$ 4.786,14 per month, reduced shortly thereafter to R$ 4.377,73 by order of the CNJ (National Council of Justice), regardless of whether the magistrate owns property in the district where they serve. This amount is not subject to income tax or social security contributions.