The value of the index point is used to calculate the remuneration of nearly 5.7 million public officials.
The value of the index point, which is used to calculate the remuneration of nearly 5.7 million public officials, will be unfrozen “before summerand for the first time since February 2017, Minister Amélie de Montchalin told the newspaper on Monday. The Parisian.
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“The decision is taken today, we are going to launch discussions with all the stakeholders (…) in order to allow it to be effective as we want it before the summer“said the Minister of Transformation and the Public Service, who had so far favored more targeted upgrading measures. The presidential elections are taking place on April 10 and 24.
While inflation persists in France, “we cannot allow the purchasing power of agents to decline in relation to the purchasing power of employees in the private sector. The decision we take today is that the index point will be unfrozen before the summer “, explains the Minister, refusing to see “an electoral measure“.
The extent of the revaluation of the index point has not been stopped, underlines Amélie de Montchalin. “We must calibrate the amount during a consultation with the trade unions and the employers – State, communities, hospitals – which finance. It will be included in an amending finance law, which will have to be voted on in Parliament this summer.“, she says. Asked about Franceinfo on Tuesday morning, she repeated that the amount should be “calibrated to inflation and other measures of purchasing power“. At Parisianthe Minister confided that a possible 1% increase in the index point would cost “two billion euros“.
Unions satisfied but cautious
“In parallel with this decision, the system of remuneration of public officials as a whole will have to be reviewed.“, also insisted the minister. Because, according to her,the system no longer suits them. It is too complicated, does not give lasting career prospects and leaves too much room for diplomas“, she pointed to Franceinfo.
A new measure should also be effective in the coming days, according to Amélie de Montchalin: the increase in the mileage allowance for public officials which allows them to be paid if they use their personal vehicles for needs related to their functions. . “We are going to increase it, as for private sector employees, by at least 10%. For example, for an agent traveling 20 km per day, the allowance will increase from 144 euros to 158 euros per month for 400 km“, she told the Parisian.
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On the side of the unions, which have long demanded the thawing of the index point, satisfaction is obviously in order. But they remain cautious as to the concrete translation of this measure on the payroll of the agents, in particular in the event of political alternation next April. “Negotiations on the remuneration of public officials are more than ever to be included in the calendar for the coming months, whatever the next government“, insisted on Twitter Mylène Jacquot, secretary general of the CFDT Public functions.
The announcement comes “in a timing that leaves no one fooled“, reacted on the same social network Gaëlle Martinez (Solidaires Public service). “The urgency is such that the percentage of revaluation will have to be very high to make up for the delay“, she added. “Anything below 3% for us will not be acceptable.“, quantified Tuesday on Franceinfo Benoît Teste, secretary general of the teachers’ union FSU, estimating that this would represent “5 to 6 billion from the state budget“. Secretary General of Unsa-FP, Luc Farré for his part hailed a “good news“, while Céline Verzeletti (UFSE-CGT) asked “general increases now and not in three months.“While an interprofessional mobilization for wages, which seven of the nine representative unions of the public service have joined, is scheduled for Thursday, the consequences of this government announcement on their participation are therefore uncertain.
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