14th salary: PL aims to create an extra INSS salary for retirees and pensioners

Bill No. 4.367/20, created by Deputy Pompeo de Mattos (PDT-RS), deals with the payment of 14th salary by the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) for retirees and pensioners. Conceived during the pandemic, the PL guarantees an extra salary for two years for some beneficiaries. Learn more about the bill that creates the 14th salary for INSS insured persons.

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Extra INSS salary for retirees and pensioners

Currently, two bills are being discussed in the National Congress that aim to create the 14th salary, passed on to beneficiaries by the INSS. The first is PL nº 3.657/2020, created by senator Paulo Paim (PT-RS), and the second is PL nº 4.367/20, authored by deputy Pompeo de Mattos (PDT-RS), which was mentioned above. Find out, below, what motivated the creation of this project and why congressmen urgently want to approve it.

What is the objective of the Bills that implement the 14th salary?

Deputy Pompeo de Mattos justifies that, with the pandemic, medical services such as carrying out exams Laboratory tests and outpatient and routine follow-up were discontinued due to the high transmissibility of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Due to this, countless retirees and pensioners had cases of aggravated chronic diseases – or suffered from the emergence of new opportunistic diseases. For this reason, spending on medication has increased considerably, impacting family income – especially families that depend on the income of retirees.

Consequently, the 14th salary would be a viable alternative to reduce the negative effects that reduction in family income caused in the economy, either in the family or in the macroeconomic structure Brazilian.

Who can receive the 14th salary?

The insured persons of the following social security programs are entitled to additional salary:

• Retirement;
• Illness benefit;
• Aid-seclusion;
• Accident allowance;
• Maternity pay;
• Death pension.

However, there is an addendum: citizens who receive the Benefit of Continued Provision (BPC) or other assistance are automatically excluded from the list of recipients.

How will payment be made?

If approved, the benefit will be paid in up to two minimum wages. The amount received, however, will be proportional to the allowance received. That way:

• The 14th salary will be equivalent to the national minimum wage for those who already receive a minimum wage from the INSS.
• Beneficiaries who earn more than the minimum wage will receive a wage equivalent to the national minimum wage plus an additional one which, in turn, corresponds to the difference between the salary they normally receive and the social security ceiling (R$7,087.22 in August 2022), respecting the maximum limit of two salaries minima.