The increase from 104.22 euros to more than 60 thousand of the 76 thousand existing senior technicians, that is about 80%, already in January 2023 and not in the next two years and the acceleration of the progression by counting the points left over of the past performance evaluation was crucial for FESAP and STE, which are both affiliated with UGT, to reach an agreement for the valorization of employees with the government, according to a statement the ministry of the presidency sent to DN / Dinheiro yesterday Vivo sent. The CGTP’s Common Front was left out, maintaining the national strike scheduled for Nov. 18, a week before the final global vote on the proposed 2023 state budget (OE2023).
This is a historic pact that has ceased to exist since 1999 and will be the first of a multi-year nature, that is, for the entire legislature, which ends in 2026. “After an intense and demanding negotiation process, for the first time, an annual mechanism for updating salaries with a four-year horizon in conjunction with the adoption of the revision of the Single Remuneration Table, while respecting the principles of valorization of the different careers,” reads the note from the Ministry of the Presidency. The signing of the agreement will take place tomorrow, Monday, at 3 p.m. in Palácio da Foz, in Lisbon.
The aim is to accommodate the measures agreed with the trade unions in the OE2023 during the discussion in the specialty, in the House of Representatives. It should be remembered that the document already proposes a reinforcement of the budget allocation for salary increases and other valuations in the public administration by providing EUR 1320 million for this item, which is 20 million more compared to the EUR 1300 million initially paid by the government. estimated to spend.
In recent weeks, the Ministry of the Presidency, which oversees the public administration, has had additional meetings with the union structures and points of alignment regarding the requirements of FESAP and the STE that allowed an agreement to be reached . In addition to the 0.43 euro increase in the IRS-exempt value of the meal allowance from 4.77 euros to 5.20 euros, in 2023, retroactive to October of this year, the valuation of the careers of senior technicians and the reformulation of the counting of points under the Integrated System of Management and Evaluation of the Performance in Public Administration (SIADAP).
So, and according to the statement of the Ministry of the Presidency, all senior technicians between the third position, with a salary of 1424.38 euros, and the fourteenth and last career level, with a salary of 3404.80 euros, will be entitled next year on , not only to the nominal cross-cutting increase of EUR 52.11, but also to an additional jump of one level in their career, which corresponds to an additional EUR 52.11. In other words, in January they will receive another 104.22 euros, just like the technical assistants. “This measure corresponds to an average increase of 5.6% in 2023,” said a statement from Mariana Vieira da Silva’s ministry. Initially, the government proposed applying this valuation of a one-level jump in senior technician career to the third and fourth positions over the next two years and to the senior levels until 2026.
In the context of SIADAP, the government has implemented another of the measures requested by FESAP and STE. For example, the remaining career development points that would expire due to the increase in the salary function will already have an effect in the evaluation cycle 2021/2022.
Similarly, the valuation of the operational assistant category will be accelerated, starting in 2023, by a one-level increase, which corresponds to an additional 52.11 euros for employees with more than 15 years of seniority and a jump of two positions, i.e. , 104.22 euros more for those who have been employed for more than 30 years. “This measure, in combination with the wage increase, means an average increase of 7.5% in 2023,” the guardianship said.
There are other points that have not changed, such as the increase in the minimum wage in the Civil Service to EUR 761.58, EUR 1.58 more than in the private sector and the annual cross-cutting increases of EUR 52.11, until 2026, for the gross monthly salaries of up to 2,600 euros or 2% for higher wages, yielding a wage increase of between 8% and 2%, guaranteeing everyone another 208 euros over the next four years. FESAP and STE had more ambitious proposals, not least because more than three-fifths (66.5%) of the 741,698 state workers will have an increase below the average annual inflation estimated for this year, of 7.4%, but they decided to sign the agreement. taking into account the openness of the government to adjust the valuation of the Central Government Agency over the next four years. This multiannual character is well reflected in the communication from the Ministry of the Presidency: “In the coming months, the parties’ negotiation efforts will continue in the negotiations on the various measures planned for 2023 and in the preparation of negotiation calendars for the horizon of the legislature”.
Source: DN
