Brazil’s Top Courts Move to Standardize Judges’ Pay

Overview

• The CNJ working group created by STF president Edson Fachin has up to 180 days to collect testimony from judges, prosecutors, defenders and civil society and may produce an anteprojeto for Congress by November.
• The CNJ approved a single standardized payslip to unify how indemnities and other items are recorded across all tribunals, with data to feed a public remuneration panel.
• The Corregedoria plans to deploy Sisteto in June to cross‑check contracheques for about 18,000 magistrates and 275,000 court staff and to generate automated alerts and suspension of irregular payments.
• Media reports that five members of the working group’s executive committee received very large 2025 earnings prompted public criticism and a CNJ statement defending the legality of those payments.
• The push builds on a March STF ruling that limited which payments count as penduricalhos and seeks to restore public confidence by creating uniform rules, stronger oversight and a possible national remuneration framework.