The court gives the Federal District one year to resolve the 'chaos' in its healthcare system.

The 2nd Public Treasury Court also requested that the government of the Federal District stop making temporary contracts; the MPDFT (Public Prosecutor's Office of the Federal District) also stated that the secretariat offers higher salaries to temporary workers, temporarily hires professionals who already have ties to the government, and rehires former employees in periods of less than a year; the court ordered the GDF (Government of the Federal District) to prepare a technical study within 90 days showing the professional needs in each unit of the public network, and not to hire on a temporary basis employees who are already civil servants.

May 28, 2015, 17:40 AMUpdated July 04, 2018, 18:23 pm

The 2nd Public Treasury Court also requested that the government of the Federal District stop making temporary contracts; the MPDFT (Public Prosecutor's Office of the Federal District) also stated that the secretariat offers higher salaries to temporary workers, temporarily hires professionals who already have ties with the government, and rehires former civil servants in periods of less than one year; the court ordered the GDF (Government of the Federal District) to prepare a technical study within 90 days showing the professional needs in each unit of the public network, and not to hire on a temporary basis civil servants who are already tenured (Photo: Leonardo Lucena).

Brasilia 247 - The 2nd Public Treasury Court gave the Federal District one year to regularize the "chaotic situation" of the public health network and then stop making temporary contracts. The Attorney General's Office informed that it will appeal the sentence because, according to the Health Secretariat, the end of temporary contracts would currently cause harm to care, especially in hospitals.

The Public Prosecutor's Office filed a public civil action against the secretariat arguing that the government disregarded an agreement made in December 2011. It was agreed that the GDF (Federal District Government) would only make hires, in extremely exceptional circumstances, for a period of six months. According to the agreement, the extension could only occur once and for the same period, provided the need was proven. This information comes from G1.

The Public Prosecutor's Office stated, however, that the department continued making temporary hires instead of adopting structural measures through public competitive examinations, or improving the services offered. According to the agency, the department offers higher salaries to temporary workers, temporarily hires professionals who already have ties to the government, and rehires former employees in periods of less than a year.

Judge Alvaro Ciarlini ordered the Federal District Government (GDF) to prepare a technical study within 90 days showing the professional needs of each unit in the public network, present a report detailing the expenses related to staffing, not hire temporary employees who have already passed competitive exams, and wait at least one year before rehiring former temporary employees.

The judge also requested that the department publish every two months the number of vacant positions, broken down by specialty, and a productivity report for each health unit. Failure to comply with this order will result in a daily fine of R$ 10.

"[The temporary hiring system], which aimed to remedy an emergency situation of a lack of healthcare professionals in the Federal District, actually represents a perversion of a guiding practice of the system and has been used as a personnel management tool," Ciarlini stated in the ruling.