Emergency FGTS – Find out how to apply

The withdrawal in the amount of R$ 1,000.00 can be carried out until December 15, 2022, and favors the entire population that has enough balance.

The Caixa Econômica Federal, prepared a service schedule, which interested parties can be met by demands, check it out;

FGTS - GUARANTEE FUND FOR TIME OF SERVICE

The Severance Indemnity Fund is a fund created with the aim of protecting workers who are fired without just cause.

Upon opening an account linked to the employment contract, employers deposit into accounts opened at Caixa Econômica Federal, at the beginning of each month and on behalf of employees.

The amount corresponding to 8% of the gross salary of each employee, and is intended for all workers, who perform their duties in accordance with the CLT (Consolidation of Labor Laws).

This right has been given since October 5, 1988, before that the amounts deposited were optional.

Initially withdrawals were released upon;

• End of a fixed-term employment contract;
• Dismissal without just cause;
• Retirement, due to length of service, or disability or corresponding criteria;
• Recurring tragedy of natural disaster, landslides in short;
• People over 70 years old;
• Person with a serious illness, for example cancer, in this case it is intended for the account holder or their legally proven dependents;
• HIV carrier;
• Person with terminal illness, being the holder or his/her dependents;
• Holder's stay for 3 uninterrupted years, outside the FGTS regime;
• Acquisition of a home, in order to settle or amortize the amounts in installments;

THE PROJECT

Announced on March 17, 2023, and published in the Official Gazette on March 18, 2022, by the Federal Government with the signature and concession of the acting president Jair Bolsonaro, the measure should benefit millions of workers.

In addition to the emergency FGTS withdrawal, other economic measures were announced, such as the anticipation of 13th salary for INSS beneficiaries.

The release is given on the total value of the FGTS accounts, if the worker has more than one.

Therefore, the amounts should be limited to R$ 1,000.00, and those who received the anniversary withdrawal, and whose balance was blocked, should not receive it.

According to the Federal Government, the measure will result in economic movement, which immediately favors the current scenario, in addition to contributing financially to families and people who have been most economically affected by high inflation and the current financial scenario.

The ceremony took place on the afternoon of Thursday, March 17, 2022, and was attended by the Minister of Economy Paulo Guedes, the president of Caixa Econômica Federal Pedro Guimarães, in addition to several members of the Senate and President Jair Bolsonaro.

WHO CAN GET THE EMERGENTIAL FGTS?

The benefit is applied to the entire population, which has enough balance to do so. Therefore, the value intended for this purpose must be consulted.

Payments will be released from April 20th, and will be withdrawn from active and inactive accounts, in order to benefit around 42 million Brazilians.

Workers who have more than one account linked to the FGTS, the withdrawal will prioritize first the accounts related to extinct job contracts (starting with the account with the lowest balance) and later the other linked accounts, also starting with the account with the lowest balance.

Those who opted for the provisional measure that authorizes the anniversary withdrawal of the FGTS, have their balances blocked for this purpose, therefore, they will not be entitled to the benefit in question.

It is worth mentioning that even opting for the emergency withdrawal of the FGTS, the other legal possibilities for handling the Fund's resources will remain valid.

As in situations of dismissal without just cause, dissolution of the company, retirement, death of the worker, payment of housing finance installments granted by the Housing Financial System (SFH) to people aged seventy or over, in addition to health cases defined in law.

WITHDRAWAL SCHEDULE

According to the schedule drawn up and made available by Caixa Econômica Federal, the withdrawals started on April 20th and will end on June 15th, according to the birth months, check it out;

Born in January receive on 4/20; those born in February receive on 04/30; those born in March receive on 04/05; those born in April receive on 5/11; those born in May receive it on 5/14; those born in June receive it on 5/18; born in July receive on 5/21; born in august receive on 5/25; those born in September receive on 05/28; born in october receive on 01/06; born in november receive on 06/08; born in December receive on 06/15;

So go to the website www.fgts.caixa.gov.br, check if you have enough balance for this release and look for the cashier agencies, or accredited lottery agencies, on the date consistent with your benefit, to make your withdrawal.

Or search for the application that will facilitate the previous consultation.