The government will allow the autonomous communities to provide loans to pay civil servants
Civil servants will be able to receive the additional increase of 1.5% agreed between the government, CC OO and UGT on their payroll in November, paying the corresponding increase from January to October in arrears. Finance Minister María Jesús Montero signed with unions on Wednesday the Framework Agreement for a 21st Century Administration, which also includes the 9.8% salary increase agreed for three years (2022-2024).
The Royal Decree on energy efficiency in which the measure is included stipulates in particular that the increase of 1.5% – added to the increase of 2% that came into effect on January 1 of this year – must be achieved before December 31, 2022 and in any case before 31 March 2023 in the case of officials of autonomous communities and municipalities.
At this point, it is also stipulated that the state can authorize the autonomous communities to borrow on a long-term basis to make this salary increase effective for civil servants.
As agreed, for the term 2022-2024, the agreement provides for an increase of a further 2.5% next year, to which an additional 0.5% can be added if the CPI is above 6%, plus a further 0.5 % if the GDP for the year is above 6%. also better than 5.9%. By 2024, the salary of civil servants would rise another 2% with the possibility of increasing another 0.5% if the accumulated inflation over the three-year period exceeds 8%.
The agreement also includes another set of improvements, such as the 35-hour workday in which the restrictions for each administration to adopt this measure after agreement with the unions will be eliminated, as well as the obligation to develop equality plans in all public entities.
The text also confirms the definitive repeal of the abolition of partial retirement for civil servants, as well as a commitment to, among other things, “reclaim lost jobs, rejuvenate staff and reduce temporary work”.
Source: La Verdad
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