THE END OF THE MANDATORY SINGLE LEGAL REGIME: CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE POSSIBLE IMPACTS ON PUBLIC EDUCATION

Abstract

In November 2024, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) upheld the end of the mandatory nature of the Single Legal Regime (RJU). As a result, future public servants may be hired under other regimes, such as the CLT regime, for example. The most pressing issue related to this development is job security—which, far from being a “privilege designed to accommodate civil servants”—is a measure in the State’s interest, as it enables civil servants to oppose illegal orders and report them without facing reprisals or arbitrary dismissals. Thus, job security ensures that public offices are used for matters related to the common good and not for political or market interests. However, by upholding the end of the mandatory RJU, the STF ensures that the State bends to the neoliberal order of dismantling public services and undermining the employment regime of public servants. Based on this, this article seeks to investigate how the end of the mandatory RJU requirement may impact public services and, more specifically, public education—a sector that has historically been undervalued.