The review of the FGTS (Service Time Guarantee Fund) will be available soon and could grant additional value to millions of Brazilians. In this sense, the objective of the action is to exchange the reference interest rate (TR) for one that can follow the progression of inflation, in order to avoid financial losses to workers.

According to the company responsible for calculating the review values, workers should receive an average of R$ 10 thousand. However, it is important to note that this value may vary depending on each person's situation.

Until now, the TR continues to be the main index used for the monetary update of the FGTS. In short, it should keep up with inflation, but it doesn't. Therefore, the values available in the fund are not adjusted correctly in the end.

Thus, the ongoing action aims to exchange the TR for a TR that follows inflation measured by the Broad National Consumer Price Index (IPCA). However, the decision on the change has not yet been decided, the procedure was blocked by the judiciary.

Anyone who worked with a formal contract between 1999 and the present may have been harmed by the application of the TR. Therefore, to be sure, it is necessary to request a review of the FGTS. 

The higher the salary received and the time the money was held in the funds, the greater the chances of a high return.

It is important to consult a trusted lawyer to evaluate the case.

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