The increase of €104.22 for most senior technicians already in January 2023 and not in the next two years and the acceleration of progress by counting the points left from the last performance review were decisive for FESAP and STE, both affiliated to UGT, to reach an agreement for the valorization of workers with the government, according to a statement the ministry of the presidency sent to DN/Dinheiro Vivo this Saturday. 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 intensive and demanding negotiation process, an annual salary update mechanism with a four-year horizon is defined for the first time in conjunction with the drafting of the Single Remuneration Table revision, in line with the principles of valuing the different careers” , it can be read in the document of the Ministry of the Presidency to which the DN/DV had access. The signing of the agreement will take place next Monday at 3 p.m. in Palácio da Foz, in Lisbon.
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 document sent by the Ministry of the Presidency to the DN/DV, all senior technicians between the third and fourteenth position next year are entitled not only to the nominal cross-cutting increase of EUR 52.11, but also to a extra jump of one level in his career, which corresponds to another 52.11 euros. 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 the ministry of Mariana Vieira da Silva.. 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. So, the remaining career development credits that would lapse as a result of the salary increase will already have an effect in the 2021/2022 assessment cycle. Similarly, the appreciation of the operational assistant category will be accelerated, starting in 2023, by an increase of one level, which corresponds to an additional 52.11 euros for employees with more than 15 years of seniority and a jump of two positions, ie 104, 22 euros more for people with more than 30 years of service. “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.
Source: DN
