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The Armed Forces hired 12.681 retired military personnel for administrative and advisory roles, generating around R$800 million per year. The model, which guarantees a 30% salary increase, is the subject of debate regarding its transparency and impact on public coffers.
According to a survey conducted by Folha, the Armed Forces' hiring represents 7% of the total number of inactive military personnel in Brazil, with priority given to officers such as captains and colonels. These professionals are hired under the Temporary Task Provision (PTTC) regime, a model created in the 1990s and widely used since the 2000s.
How the PTTC model works
Retired military personnel who are contracted receive an additional 30% on their salaries and perform functions in the areas of education, health and advisory services. The contract, initially valid for up to 24 months, can be renewed for up to 10 years. With the additional payment, the average salary of a PTTC reaches R$22.694, but, in the case of general officers, it can exceed R$47.
The Armed Forces justify the model as a way to fill personnel shortages with experienced professionals, reducing costs compared to hiring active-duty military personnel. “Hiring ensures the presence of professionals with extensive technical and administrative experience,” the Navy highlighted in a statement.
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Impact and numbers
The Army leads in terms of number of contracts, with 6.190 retired military personnel. The Navy and Air Force come next, with 3.598 and 2.893 professionals, respectively. In addition to working in their own forces, retired personnel are also allocated to the Ministry of Defense, the GSI (Institutional Security Office) and the STM (Superior Military Court).
Complete data on the performance of these contractors, however, has not been released. According to the Armed Forces, provide detailed information could put the State's security at risk, an argument supported by the CGU (Office of the Comptroller General of the Union).
Transparency in the Armed Forces under threat
The survey also highlights shortcomings in transparency. Salaries with the 30% bonus are not disclosed on the Transparency Portal, which makes it difficult to estimate total personnel costs. Furthermore, hiring is done without selection processes, and is decided directly by military leaders.
Controversies and reforms
Under Lula's government, reforms to the Armed Forces' retirement rules are being discussed, but the hiring of PTTCs has not been included. The changes focus on setting a minimum retirement age (55 years) and ending controversial benefits, such as pensions for family members of expelled military personnel.
Despite arguments that the model reduces costs and ensures efficiency, the hiring of retired military personnel continues to be a sensitive issue, especially in times of fiscal austerity and the need for greater transparency in the use of public resources.
The military man goes back to work to earn 30% (still paying income tax) of his salary, helping to reduce the payroll and they make a report as if it were wrong?
It's an ADDITIONAL 30%. Can you understand what an additional amount is????
He is a full-time worker for 30%. Can you understand?
Come on, it's not difficult. The Armed Forces need a soldier to perform a function. So, instead of holding a competition, hiring a new soldier, and spending money on initial training, they hire a soldier who is already trained and experienced. So, this function, instead of costing x, costs x/3, not counting the savings on training.
Here comes the guy, all out of date, teaching for 30% more cost, seriously!
These people only talk **** brother
Learn to read before you talk nonsense, you bootlicking ****. THE MILITARY GOES BACK TO WORK EARNING THE FULL SALARY PLUS 30%, YOU IDIOT. IN OTHER WORDS, IN ADDITION TO THE COMPLEMENTARY RETIREMENT, HE GETS ANOTHER FULL SALARY INCREASED BY 30%. LEARN, YOU IDIOT.
Who told you such nonsense? Are you by any chance a member of the Armed Forces and have you ever been a TTC? Before you talk nonsense, at least try to get better informed, Mr. Pantaleao!
The TTC, of course, are all already Retired, receiving their Salaries. Therefore, when they return to the TTC Volunteer Service, they receive this Additional of only 30% (thirty percent) on their Retirement Salary, as a TCC.
However, this is no advantage for the TTC, Private (Non-Commissioned Officer or Sergeant), since he already has the corresponding IRF (Income Tax at Source) discounted from his paycheck, which in the end, this amount falls below 30% of the amount received.
In other words, the guy works full time, without any rights of an active duty military member and still pays Cumulative Income Tax.
, which you already pay for being in the Reserve. If this is an Advantage, then it is an Advantage of the “Friend of the Jaguar”!
If he stays at home he will only earn his full salary!!! So he works to receive only 30% right??!!! with tax deduction on the 30%!!!!!!
It saves more than hiring someone else with a full salary and extras!!!
Do the math!!!
Hahaha, who told you that crap? This is the formula = Retirement + 30%;
And not retirement + full salary + 30%
Left-wing egg-sitter.
Of course I don't know ****! Quadruped! He is already retired and receives his salary, then he goes back to work in exchange for an additional 30%! So in this case he receives the retirement plus an additional 30%!
The right thing for them is to stay at home and receive the benefits of life.
Perfect comment. A qualified professional only gets 30% of the salary, and it still affects the IRF calculations. Don't worry, my friend, because the right thing for them is to stay home without working, receiving the benefits of life. Why not also do away with the public commissioned positions that are open doors for ****? Or even with the retirement of politicians (who, by the way, are not even public servants, since they do not pass the public exams).
You think you are a caste, above everyone else, I hope the next government puts an end to this aberration once and for all.
Yes, these soldiers work for 30% of their salary.
Do you think it would be better to hire the same staff and pay them in full?
Spending over 2 billion.
Income tax is also deducted from the 30% at source.
Unfortunately the report is poorly written.
It's an ADDITIONAL 30%. Can you understand what an additional amount is????
Did you understand that they are already in the reserve? They go back to work full time, earning only 30% more than they were already earning at home. Huge savings for the public coffers!
Correctly, in reality the article is more to poke fun at the fans, the military reserve doubles the tax, works 40 hours a week and earns 30% of the salary. Almost every day there are articles questioning the fans.
Text clearly aimed against the Institution, seeking to take advantage of the political moment. It doesn't take much expertise to understand how much the Institution gains by hiring professionals READY to perform non-operational activities, but necessary to the Force, paying 30 percent of the actual remuneration expected for such positions.