The governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, announced on Sunday (30) that the minimum wage in the state would be raised to R$1,550.
This increase will be valid for all workers and represents a readjustment of about 20% concerning the current value, which varies from R$1,284 (lowest range) to R$1,306 (highest).
The Civil House Secretariat confirmed that the project with the changes in the values would be sent to the Legislative Assembly of the State of São Paulo (Alesp) on Tuesday 2.
The measure needs to be approved by the parliamentarians and will come into force the following month after the sanction of Governor Tarcísio de Freitas.
The announced readjustment is higher than the accumulated inflation over the last 12 months, 4.65%, and higher than last year’s increase, just over 10%.
In addition, the new value will be higher than the federal minimum wage.
The measure complies with Federal Complementary Law 103/2000, which authorizes states to set regional floors higher than the federal minimum wage.
The rule prevents the floor from being applied to state and municipal civil servants.
Created in 2007, the state floor allows São Paulo workers to receive salaries above the national minimum wage.
“The proposed values take into account the conditions of labor demand and cost of living in São Paulo, incorporating specificities of the local labor market,” the government informed.
“SMALL INCREASE,” ADMITS LULA, ABOUT AN R$18 INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE
In a national radio and television speech on Sunday evening, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva talked about the new minimum wage.
The President of the Republic said that as of this Monday (1), the new value valid throughout the country would be R$1,320 – which represents an increase of R$18 compared to the current R$1,302.
“A small increase, but real,” admitted the President of Brazil when reinforcing that the update is above the country’s inflation rate.
With information from Revista Oeste
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