The Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Brazil (CAU/BR) has sent an open letter to the president of the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (Iphan), historian Kátia Bogéa, demanding the professional minimum wage for architects selected through the national competition launched last week.
Dissatisfied with the offered salary of R$ 5,035.29 for a 40-hour workweek as "Technician I"—which is below the professional minimum wage established by Law No. 4950-A/1966—the president of CAU/BR, architect and urban planner Luciano Guimarães, wrote to the head of Iphan requesting that the compensation specified in the public notice be revised.
However, the obligation to comply with the professional minimum wage (SMP) does not apply to Iphan, "since Decree-Law No. 1,829/1980, in its Article 13, establishes that 'special laws setting minimum compensation for regulated professional categories do not apply to public servants holding offices or positions in the Direct Administration of the Union, the Federal District, and respective federal agencies,'" states the CAU letter.
Although exempt from these obligations, raising the salary to meet the legally defined professional minimum would show that Iphan values these professionals. In this regard, CAU's request is completely valid, but it does not exempt the council from demanding the same from private firms that pay their employees wages well below the minimum.
Read the full CAU/BR letter here. To learn more about the Iphan competition, click here.
This article was written by Romullo Baratto. The translation is powered by AI.
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