The Chamber of Deputies approved this Tuesday (24) the Provisional Measure 1091/21, which established the value of R$ 1,212 for the minimum wage in 2022. The matter is being analyzed by the Senate.
The new value considers the monetary correction by the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) from January to November 2021 and the inflation projection for December 2021, estimated by the technical area of the Ministry of Economy. The daily value of the minimum wage corresponds to R$ 40.40, and the hourly value to R$ 5.51.
In total, the increase will be 10.18% in relation to the previous amount, which was R$ 1,100. States can also have local minimum wages and salary floors by category higher than the amount set by the federal government, as long as they are not lower than the national floor amount.
The rapporteur, deputy Greyce Elias (Avante-MG), recommended the rejection of all 11 amendments proposed in the Chamber and fully maintained the text edited by the Executive Power in January this year.
“The estimate is that each real increase in the minimum wage generates a direct increase, in 2022, of only R$ 15 million in social security collection, according to the Budget Guidelines Law Project (PLDO)”, said the deputy.
The new minimum changes the calculation value of social security, social and labor benefits. In the case of retirements and pensions due to death or sickness benefit, the values must be updated based on the new minimum. The same goes for the Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC), which corresponds to a minimum wage and is paid to seniors aged 65 and over and low-income people with disabilities.
