INDEX POINT INCREASE 2022. The index point for civil servants used to calculate their basic salary will be increased by 3.5% on July 1.
[Mis à jour le 28 juin 2022 à 11h23] It’s now official, the index point for civil servants will increase by 3.5% this summer ! This thaw was extremely expected in these times of galloping inflation (5.2% in May over one year), it was announced by the Minister of Transformation and the Public Service Stanislas Guérini, Tuesday, June 28 at the opening of a salary conference in the presence of the social partners. This increase therefore takes effect from July 1, 2022, with retroactive effect on wages for the month of August. Such a measure represents a total blow of 7.5 billion eurosshared between the State and local authorities and concerns 5.5 million public servants such as teachers or police officers, among others.
The index point had not been revalued since 2017 and an increase of 1.2% under the presidency of François Hollande. This increase is also the largest index point increase in 37 years. The CGT already deems this increase insufficient, it demanded a net increase in 10%. The CFDT wanted an increase 3% when the CDTC demanded a more aggressive revaluation to the tune of 20%. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the Nudes and former leader BIA offered him a raise of 10%. As a reminder, the index point serves as the basis for calculating the gross salary of the civil service. The different unions of civil servants have been demanding quite different increases in the index point for several months.
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 (5.2% 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. 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 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 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.