The House may vote on the urgent status of a bill that increases the revenue cap for MEIs, the government may submit a bill on the 6x1 work schedule, and Justice Dino ended forced retirement as the highest penalty for judges

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 17 Mar 2026 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The Lower House is expected to vote today on an urgent status request for a bill (PL 108/21) that raises the revenue cap for Individual Microentrepreneurs (MEIs). The proposal increases the annual gross revenue ceiling for MEIs to R$130,000. Regarding the proposed end of the six-days-on, one-day-off (6x1) work schedule, the government’s floor leader in the Lower House, José Guimarães, argued that the administration should submit a bill to Congress by April at the latest if lawmakers appear to be delaying discussions on the constitutional amendment addressing the issue. Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Flávio Dino ruled on Monday (Mar. 16) that the National Council of Justice (CNJ) must apply dismissal—with the consequent loss of salary—as the highest disciplinary sanction for judges. In practice, this means that compulsory retirement will no longer be the primary penalty in serious cases.

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