INDEX POINT INCREASE. The thaw of the index point should be announced in the coming weeks. What increase? An increase despite the result of the legislative elections? All info.
[Mis à jour le 21 juin 2022 à 08h11] The thaw of the index point for civil servants will indeed take place, it now remains to be seen what the content of this increase will be! The government has not communicated a precise revaluation for a value which has not benefited from the slightest change for 5 years now and the month of February 2017. The public service unions are demanding an increase ranging from 3% for the CFDT up to 20% for the CFTC. The cost of a general increase of “only” 1% amounts to 2 billion euros. Problem for the executive, the Ensemble group did not obtain an absolute majority in the National Assembly during the legislative elections. A real black spot that could force Emmanuel Macron to review his plans for the index point, and postpone this increase. The majority should proceed to alliances in the coming days to try to pass its texts, potentially with Les Républicains even if such a coalition already divides on the right.
The thaw of 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. On the side of the opposition to Emmanuel Macron, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has positioned himself quite clearly on the question, the leader of Nupes is considering a 10% increase in the index point! Add to that the tenure of 800,000 civil service contracts. For an envelope of 12 billion euros.
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.