INDEX POINT INCREASE 2022. Emmanuel Macron will act on the unfreezing of the index point for civil servants this year. A first since 2017.
[Mis à jour le 23 juin 2022 à 08h33] What will be the content of the increase in the index point of civil servants this year? Its value had not been revalued since February 2017 and two index point thaws of 0.6% each. This year, to take into account galloping inflation (5.2% in May over one year), Emmanuel Macron therefore wishes to give a boost to the salaries of public officials! For this, no other option than to touch the famous index point, this tool used to calculate the gross salary of civil servants. The unions are demanding an increase of 3% for the CFDT to 20% for the CFTC. As a reminder, a general increase of 1% would cost the State 2 billion euros per year.
However, there is a major problem for the current government regarding this potential increase in the index point. Emanuel Macron and Ensemble lost an absolute majority in the National Assembly in the last legislative elections. A position which should oblige the executive to ally with another party to pass its texts. On the side of the opposition and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the vision concerning the increase in the index point is not quite the same. The leader of Nupes is proposing a net increase of 10% with retroactive effect from January 1, 2022. That is an investment of 12 billion euros.
The increase in the index point for civil servants comes at a time when the civil service is in a delicate situation. The lack of candidates for the last teacher competition attesting to the lack of attractiveness of this sector and this very specific profession. The level of remuneration is particularly pointed out, not enough incentive to recruit young teachers and attract again. Desired by Emmanuel Macron, this increase in the index point could be integrated into the amending finance bill which will be examined by Parliament next July. It remains to be seen what the amount of this increase will be. Will it be of the same ilk as Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s proposal? Response in the next few weeks, even the next few days.
The amount of the civil service index point has been completely 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 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 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.