500, 1,000, 1,500 euros… The amount of bonuses paid to civil servants as part of the Olympic (OG) and Paralympic Games this summer is becoming clearer. As well as their granting conditions. This is what the administration suggests in a document consulted this Monday March 11 by our colleagues at AFP and sent to the general secretaries of the ministries.
Still in draft form, the text which contains the terms of payment of the bonuses announced by the Minister of the Civil Service Stanislas Guerini this Saturday March 9, must be debated during a meeting this Tuesday which will bring together the General Directorate of the administration and civil service (DGAFP) and public employee unions.
Reserved for agents experiencing an increase in activity
But according to initial information from AFP, these bonuses linked to the period of the Olympic Games would be paid “from October and by the end of 2024” to “agents directly mobilized in the preparation and staging of the Games” and to civil servants “exposed to a significant increase in activity directly generated by changes in service organization linked to the Games”.
Agents whose services experience a “temporary increase in their activity” and a “one-off” constraint on taking leave on the occasion of the Olympic Games (July 26-August 11) or Paralympic Games (August 28-September 8), will receive an exceptional bonus of 500 euros. Double will be paid to civil servants who also experience a temporary increase in the activity of their service and are also subject to a “sustained” constraint on their leave taking.
A removable ceiling of 1,500 euros for police officers
The maximum ceiling of 1,500 euros will be reserved only for agents whose mobilization is “particularly high, over time” and who causes “a strong limitation on the number of days of leave from mid-June and until mid-September 2024”. Ceiling which may be increased “as an exception and exception” for “personnel carrying out public security missions and those whose missions are directly linked to securing the Games”, specifies the document.
At the end of January, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin attracted the wrath of a number of civil servant unions, after announcing a bonus of up to 1,900 euros, reserved for police officers and gendarmes. A “specific” bonus, promised in a context of police revolt. A “black” day was notably organized in mid-January. “The police are ready to work this summer to protect the French but not at any cost,” said Olivier Varlet, boss of Unsa-police.
Possibility of teleworking
Asked about this system during his appearance at France Info, Minister of the Civil Service Stanislas Guerini endorsed the idea of an “additional system” for the benefit of “security forces”.
In addition, in order to avoid congestion on public transport, the administration will authorize civil servants to telework more than three days a week. The annual ceiling for compensated teleworking days will be increased by 10 days.