At Petrobras, Some Employees Report Abusive Deductions From Their Salaries

Most Employees at Petrobras Were Interviewed by R7 from Rede Record and Spoke About Abusive Deductions in Their Salaries

The market leader in oil and gas – Petrobras is being targeted by numerous complaints from its employees. The reason for these complaints relates to the fact that it would be charging extremely abusive amounts from the respective salaries of its employees. Furthermore, in an interview with R7, the interviewees stated that the amount charged reaches up to three times more than what they receive in their contracts.

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Petrobras Employees Who Joined the Company’s Pension Fund Claim They Are Being Charged for a Debt That Is Not Theirs

Unexpectedly, one of the employees who joined the retirement program of the large oil and gas company in 1986 began to receive abusive deductions from their salary, this after one year of retirement.

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Similarly, the charges amount to up to R$ 3,000 deducted directly from the former employee’s payment. Consequently, the affected employees are filing a lawsuit against the market leader Petrobras.   

Petrobras Pension Plan

Thus, the Petros Plan of the Petrobras System – Non-Restructured (PPSP-NR) is a defined benefit plan sponsored by Petrobras, Petrobras Distribuidora, and Petros to supplement the income of participants during retirement, in case of risk, as well as to guarantee a death pension for their beneficiaries. The benefit consists of a monthly supplemental income to the benefit granted by Social Security (INSS).

Finally, created in the 1970s and initially called the Petros Plan of the Petrobras System (PPSP), it was renamed PPSP-NR in 2018 due to the separation of the plan into two. Active participants, retirees, and pensioners who disagreed with the renegotiation of the benefit adjustment rules of the plan in 2006, 2007, and 2012 remained in the PPSP-NR.

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