STF will judge the nursing floor in the virtual plenary from Friday

The Federal Supreme Court (STF) will decide in judgment in the virtual plenary, as of Friday (9), whether to maintain or overturn the preliminary decision of Minister Luís Roberto Barroso who suspended, on Sunday (4), the law that instituted a national salary floor for nursing.

The trial will last a week and may be interrupted if any minister asks to analyze the case in the physical plenary – which would resume the trial of the case from the beginning, maintaining the effects of Barroso’s injunction.

This Monday, the presidents of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), and of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), spoke by phone with Barroso to discuss the matter, according to Reuters.

The Senate president will meet with Barroso on Tuesday at the STF headquarters, the court’s press office said.

The president of the Chamber, in turn, asked Barroso by telephone for him to receive deputies Carmem Zanotto (Citizenship-SC) and Alice Portugal (PCdoB-BA), who participated in the working group in the Chamber that discussed the feasibility of the nursing, according to Reuters.

Lira should speak with Barroso again on Thursday (8), on the eve of the trial in the virtual plenary of the STF.

Earlier this Monday, the government leader in the Chamber, Ricardo Barros (PP-PR), had said that the Attorney General’s Office (AGU) will defend in the Supreme Court the law that determined the national floor of R$ 4,750 for nurses.

“The issue of nursing, obviously, judicial decisions need to be respected, but President Bolsonaro’s government will defend its act, the law enacted, the AGU will promote the defense of what was decided by the government, and we will be monitoring this process. court,” Barros said on Twitter.

This Sunday (4), Barroso suspended the law that established the floor and gave 60 days to those involved in the public sector and the private sector to provide clarification. In the decision, he granted the injunction because he understood that the immediate entry into force of the salary floor could have an impact on the provision of health services by highlighting “the threat of mass layoffs and a reduction in the supply of hospital beds”.

The magistrate responded to the request of the CNSaúde (National Confederation of Health, Hospitals, Establishments and Services), which had questioned the law.

The rule establishes a salary floor of R$ 4,750 for nurses, 70% of this amount for nursing technicians and 50% for nursing assistants and midwives. According to the text, the values ​​are valid for contracted under the CLT regime and for civil servants from the three spheres —Union, states and municipalities—, including municipalities and foundations.