Next year, civil servants will receive an increase of between 3% and 6.8% (about 52 euros, only for salaries up to 1,737 euros). Negotiations between the government and the unions were completed yesterday. A state worker, single and without dependents, who earns a salary of 1,500 euros gross per month, will have an annual net income gain of 875.42 euros, plus 6%, according to EY simulations conducted for Dinheiro Vivo. Those who earn 1,000 euros per month can increase their annual net income by 673.99 euros, an increase of 6.5%, and those who earn a slightly higher salary, 2,000 euros gross per month, will end the year with 1,089.04 euros more liquids, an increase of 5.9%, according to EY calculations.
Yesterday, during the meeting with the Secretary of State for Public Administration, the unions were assured that civil servants earning the minimum wage in the state, which will increase from 769.20 to 821.8 euros, will not suffer any damage in terms of net wages. compared to private sector workers earning the minimum wage, which will rise from the current €760 to €820 next year.
‘The Secretary of State [da Administração Pública, Inês Ramires] said that the employees of BRAP [Base Remuneratória da Administração Pública] they will earn no less net than workers who receive the national minimum wage,” said the leader of the Federation of Trade Unions for Public Administration (Fesap), José Abraão, at the end of the meeting.
Helena Rodrigues, from the Union of State Technical Staff (STE), clarified that “there was nothing new, the government does not meet the intention of the front led by the STE, of an update of never less than 5%. maintained the initial 3%, even though this 3% is essentially different from what was in the agreement, which provided for 2%,” the union leader said, adding that the value “fell short.”
The Common Front also left the meeting with Inês Ramires unhappy. “We have scheduled an additional negotiating meeting and the government has managed not to change a single comma in the documents it has submitted to us, nor in the proposals it has made,” said the coordinator, Sebastião Santana.
According to the union leader, the government has “maintained the proposed increases and refused to change the IRS table of the public administration compensation base.” “The fundamental thing is that workers will remain impoverished next year and we cannot accept that,” he stressed, recalling the strike planned for the 27th.
José Abraão, from Fesap, also said that the Minister of Foreign Affairs committed during the meeting that the careers of senior technicians will be reviewed next year, and that the government official indicated that the centralized recruitment reserve for 1,000 senior technicians will cost 25 million euros . euros and should be open “in November”.
Helena Rodrigues, from STE, also indicated that there is “the possibility of reviewing, together with other careers, the career of senior technician in 2024”. And he underlined that there are “other relevant issues on the table” and that the STE values, such as the revision of the performance appraisal system (SIADAP) and “the possibility of earlier entry into force”, are due in 2025 and not in 2025. 2026.
According to the Ministry of Finance, salary increases in public administration will cost the state treasury 847 million euros next year, good for approximately 746 thousand civil servants. Total expenditure on salary increases, including raises, advancement, promotions and career reviews, will amount to 1,538 million euros in 2024.
Source: DN
