The government had removed it from the bill, but the CCOO and UGT are forcing the inclusion of this transparency measure
The pay supplements for performance or productivity that civil servants receive will be known to their colleagues in the department and to the unions, according to the draft law on the public function of the public administration currently under negotiation. The government had not included it in the draft, but under pressure from the CCOO and UGT it has now included it.
The amendment introduced establishes that “the amounts each official receives for this draft will be generally known to the rest of the department or body, as well as the union representatives.” Performance evaluation assesses professional behavior and measures achievements and results. The Civil Service Reform Measures Act of 1984 already contained this level of transparency, but ministries rarely enforce it and trade unions have had to resort to the Transparency Portal and the courts to find out whether productivity compensation is getting payed. pay with objective criteria and fairness.
Precisely, one of the main novelties of the draft law of the public function of the public administration is everything related to performance evaluation. The government agreed to remove from the draft the punitive nature and disciplinary action associated with a negative performance review due to the demands of the CCOO and UGT, which even allowed the position to be dropped. Yes, the evaluation will serve as a positive criterion when it comes to awarding points in competitions and internal promotion. In addition, this evaluation will take into account the “resources” available in the specific area.
This Friday saw the first meeting of the General Negotiating Table where the government agreed to the changes previously agreed in the working group with the CCOO and UGT. The General Table will meet again next week and further negotiations will take place on the bill. From CCOO they demand “greater ambition to modernize public services and guarantee their provision to citizens”. The secretary general of the FSC-CCOO General State Administration sector, Elisa Fernández, marked with red lines that the rights of civil servants are not limited and that labor personnel are included. From CSIF – which does not participate in the working group because it has not signed the framework agreement – they point out that the draft law on the public function “violates the principle of reservation of rights by delaying essential aspects of regulatory regulation”. According to CSIF, the draft reduces privileges with new restrictions on mobility (up to four years of practice to change jobs). Both CSIF and CCOO and UGT are against forced mobility.
Throughout the bill, the CCOO and the UGT have explicitly introduced that the regulations for the development of law as well as the strategic plans for human resources and many other procedures are negotiated in advance with the social partners.
The draft introduces a new progressive horizontal career system that also incorporates changes proposed by the UGT and CCOO unions. The horizontal career consists of the professional development of the civil servant through progression in a system of sections through an objective and regulated evaluation and without the need to change jobs. Five sections are established in each group or sub-group of officials and promotions are made sequentially, requiring five years of effective service in each section before gaining access to the higher level.
In addition, “stability in public employment, objectivity and professionalism through the immobility of civil servants as a guarantee of impartiality” has been included as a guiding principle for the actions of the public administration. However, CSIF emphasizes that the regulation of executives is unspecified and that this promotes “politicization and plugism”.
On the other hand, the public administration may approve the creation of flexible units of a temporary nature to meet unforeseen needs or projects. These units can only be maintained for three years – renewable for another year if the action to be taken justifies it.
Source: La Verdad
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