INDEX POINT INCREASE. As announced, the index point on the salary of civil servants must be increased by 3.5%. The measure will even be retroactive to July 1, 2022. But when will you see the difference and who is really affected? We take stock.
[Mis à jour le 9 août 2022 à 17h06] Good news for civil servants! The announced increase in the index point includes a retroactive effect from July 1, 2022. The first officials concerned should therefore see the first effects on their summer payroll. As a reminder, for the first time since 2017, the index point for civil servants, which enters into the calculation of the salary of civil servants, will be unfrozen. The executive announced a 3.5% increase in this index point on wages. Previously, two successive increases of 0.6% each had taken place under the presidency of François Hollande. Until then, Emmanuel Macron had favored categorical increases, not general ones. The increase in the index point for civil servants is estimated at 7.5 billion euros for the State.
But then, who is affected? All officials? Here is the list:
- State civil service
- Territorial public service
- Hospital public service
- Contractual
The government has also announced measures in several stages. The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire promised a “significant increase” in the means made available to hospitals and “full compensation” for the increase in the index point for civil servants in public hospitals. Measures, which will come into force at the beginning of 2023. Similarly, the question of teachers’ remuneration remains a sensitive point in the context of the start of the school year, the profession having lost in attractiveness in recent years to the point of seeing a crisis loom. recruitment and vocations. One of the main reasons is remuneration, especially for teachers in schools at the start of their careers. In mathematics and German, the latest Capes eligibility results revealed significant deficiencies. These two subjects are not full, the number of vacancies remains higher than the number of eligible candidates. The revaluation of the index point of the civil service then appeared to be vital.
Do you want to know what this increase in the index point on your salary really represents? Here are three concrete examples of professions starting this summer:
- Town Clerk with 15 years of experience: +€57.30 per month and +€687 per year
- Peacekeeper with 15 years of experience: +€68.50 per month and +822 euros per year
- Nurse anesthetist with 8 years of experience: +€91.10s per month and +€1,093 per year
The value of the civil service index point has been completely frozen since 2017. Indeed, for more than 5 years, no generalized 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. If approved by Parliament, the index point could reach €4.85. The minimum salary (increased index 352) should rise from 1,649.48 euros to €1,707.21 per month. In other words, €20,486.54 per year.
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. The increase in the index point is also linked to the constant rise in inflation, which has largely reduced the purchasing power of French households for several months (6.1% in July over one year).
The increase in the index point for civil servants by 3.5% has been in effect since Tuesday, June 28, announced by the Minister of Transformation and the Civil Service, Stanislas Guerini during a social conference. The thaw of the index point, which serves as a basis in the calculation of public officials will be part of the purchasing power bill. 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 (5.8% inflation in June 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. July 2022 therefore marks the first salary increase for civil servants in five years. On the side of the unions of civil servants, the increase claimed was 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 the civil servants related to the freezing of the point in 2010. It will not have been heard.
The revaluation of the index point is not the only measure recently announced concerning them. First of all, the Gipa premium (individual purchasing power guarantee) is renewed in 2022. If the evolution of your indexed gross salary is lower, over four years, than that of the consumer price index, the Gipa bonus intervenes and is paid completely automatically with your treatment. Then the officers of category B at the start of their career should benefit from a extra help in terms of salary. Also, the eligibility conditions for sustainable mobility package will be more flexible in the public service. Finally, the State’s participation in financing the collective catering is revised upwards! She climbs from 7% in 2022.