Overview
- Servir issued a binding resolution and technical report that set a five‑year maximum for renewals of fixed‑term CAS contracts, and it ordered all public HR offices to apply the rule the same way.
- The cap does not cover open‑ended CAS contracts or certain temporary‑need hires created under a 2021 law, and it does not apply to workers who already had contracts in force when the new law took effect.
- Law No. 32563 also grants CAS workers two full annual bonuses and a severance savings benefit known as CTS, which has raised concerns about higher payroll costs and prompted calls for the Finance Ministry to prioritize 2026 payments.
- Reaching the five‑year limit ends the individual contract, yet labor groups say the budgeted post can remain so the worker may compete in a new public hiring round for the same role.
- Servir says its criteria provide legal certainty and uniform application across the state, as the CAS regime now spans three tracks: open‑ended, fixed‑term, and trust‑based appointments.