Paraíba will be the first state to pay the national nursing floor

Recognition

The payment of the floor throughout Brazil is still being discussed by the Ministry of Health to define the source of funds

The minimum wage for the national nursing program was paid yesterday (02), in Paraíba, benefiting effective workers from the state network of the PBSaúde Foundation. The payment refers to the salary adjustment for the category, approved in 2022.

The governor of Paraíba, João Azevêdo, highlighted that the floor will be guaranteed to the entire class that starts at the middle to higher level. “All effective state servants, from this group of workers, retirees, pensioners, PBSÁUDE nurses, they can receive the amounts on Thursday already with the floor duly updated. We are registering service providers so that in the second stage we can also implement the payment of the floor for these professionals”, he said.

Approval made on the national nursing floor, establishes a salary of R$ 4,750 for 40 hours worked for nurses; 70% of this amount: BRL 3,325 for nursing technicians, and 50% for nursing assistants and midwives, which is equivalent to a salary of BRL 2,375.

Debate

The payment of the floor throughout Brazil is still being discussed by the Ministry of Health to define the source of funds. In September last year, Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, of the Federal Supreme Court, suspended the law that created the national nursing salary floor. He gave a period of 60 days for public and private entities in the health area to clarify the financial impact of the norm and the risks of layoffs in the sector and reduction in the quality of services.

This week, the Ministry of Health accelerated the meetings of the working group created by the folder to present the terms of the draft of the provisional measure that orders the payments of the new values ​​of the nursing floor.

Several labor organizations linked to the subject of the nursing floor, representatives of the National Council of Health Secretaries and the National Council of Municipal Health Secretaries, are contributing with the text of the draft.

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