The Chamber approved this Wednesday (11) a provisional measure that changes the destination of resources from Funapol (Fund for the Equipment and Operationalization of Activities of the Federal Police) and that provides for the possibility of an agent receiving cash payment for being on call. .
The vote was symbolic and the text goes to the Senate.
Today, the supplementary law that deals with the fund says that the annual plan prepared by the management board in the second half of the previous year can allocate up to 30% of the revenue to pay expenses with displacement and maintenance of police officers in official operations.
The MP changes the device and provides for the allocation of up to 50% of the resources in transport, hosting and feeding servers on official mission. The money can also be used for health and payment of compensation to the PF employee who voluntarily fails to fully enjoy paid rest, remaining available for the service.
Today, that police officer only has the option of taking the day off. With the MP, he can choose to be on call and receive cash. The intention is to try to increase the number of personnel available for police operations, even if the option for the benefit is voluntary.
Compensation may be granted to the public servant who remains at the disposal of the PF, according to a previously prepared schedule, awaiting a call to report to the service, after the regular workday of 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.
According to the text, the hours of availability of the server will be compensated on another day or may be paid by regulation of the general director, in the amount of 1/3000 of the highest remuneration of the police career, per hour.
The compensation will be regulated by an act of the Minister of Justice, who will establish the conditions and criteria necessary to receive the benefit. It will be up to him to determine the limits for payment and receipt of the availability indemnity per server.
This amount, according to the MP, will not be subject to income tax and social security contribution. Nor can it be incorporated into the employee’s salary or used as a basis for calculating retirement or pension for death.
According to the rapporteur, deputy Aluisio Mendes (PSC-MA), the possibility of using resources to spend on public servants’ health “contributes to the medical care of those who are on the front line of protecting society, including acting in periods of emergency of public health of national interest, as occurred in the new coronavirus pandemic.”
The text opens up the possibility of a regulation expanding the range of expenses related to the Federal Police’s core activity that can be the result of the allocation of funds from the fund.
The funds to pay the compensation will come from the reallocation of the Federal Police’s budget allocations.
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