INDEX POINT INCREASE. Promised by Emmanuel Macron, the thawing of the index point for civil servants could be a little late. When will the increase take place? What amount? We take stock.
[Mis à jour le 16 juin 2022 à 15h04] The thaw of the index point for civil servants should be postponed for a week! Indeed, the texts of the purchasing power bill were to be studied in the Council of Ministers on June 29, the presentation will finally take place only on July 6. What slightly delay the increase in the index point for public officials. Regarding the amount, nothing is official yet. But Emmanuel Macron did promise to thaw the value of the civil service index point. The lack of candidates for the last teacher competition may have had the effect of an electric shock for the executive. The profession attracts less, and it is now a reality. But then, what to do? If remuneration is not the only explanation for the lack of attractiveness of the civil service, it strongly contributes to it. Therefore, the index point should be increased.
This famous index point makes it possible to calculate the amount of the gross salary of civil servants. By multiplying this index point by the number of points awarded to the civil servant, you obtain his gross salary. The value of the index point has not been unfrozen since February 2017 and could intervene within the framework of the purchasing power bill defended by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, from July 1, 2022. This new measure would take place in the middle of other proposals in favor of the purchasing power of the French such as the tripling of the Macron bonus or the indexation of pensions to inflation.
The unfreezing of the index point, which serves as the basis for the calculation of public officials, will be part of the purchasing power bill, as announced by the Minister of Transformation and the Civil Service, Stanislas Guerini on June 6 last at the microphone of France Info. As since its introduction, the index point must take inflation into account to allow the salaries of civil servants to follow the evolution of the rise in consumer prices (5.2% inflation in May 2022 on a year). Problem, this clue point was frozen between 2010 and 2017. A thaw took place under François Hollande, the index point then increased by 0.6% on July 1, 2016 and 0.6% again on February 1, 2017. Since then, there has been no change in the index point.
On the side of the unions of civil servants, the increase claimed is of the order of 10%, in particular on the side of the CGT. On the one hand, to compensate for the harmful effects of inflation, but also to compensate for the losses of civil servants linked to the freezing of the point in 2010. As for the increase in pensions, indexation to inflation with retroactive effect January 1 is required. The increase which should take place on July 1, 2022 is not yet known.
The amount of the civil service index point has been totally frozen since 2017. Indeed, for more than 5 years, no general increase in the remuneration of public officials has taken place. Only a few categorical increases have been implemented by Emmanuel Macron since his election as President of the Republic in 2017. For the time being, the value of this index point is €4.68. In other words, an annual treatment value of €5,623.23.
The value of the index point amounts to €4.68602 since February 1, 2017 for an annual salary value of €5,623.23. Note that this figure has been rising steadily since March 1, 1995.
The thaw of the index point seems essential for a profession that is suffering from its reputation, and which is unable to recruit enough. In addition, some public officials have not benefited from the categorical measures taken by Emmanuel Macron. The Head of State preferring more general revaluation measures, before changing his mind recently on this famous index point.