INDEX POINT INCREASE 2022. The unfreezing of the index point of civil servants should be adopted in the Assembly. The government is proposing a 3.5% wage hike, how much is that really? What gain in public service? For who ? Linternaute.com takes stock.
[Updated July 19, 2022 at 9:01 a.m.] Debated in the National Assembly since Monday, July 18, the project to increase the salaries of civil servants through a thaw of the index point should be adopted, this there is no longer any doubt. On the other hand, the methods could create a certain heckling in the hemicycle concerning the amount of the revaluation, and the officials concerned by this unfreezing of the index point. The government is very clear on the issue and plans to increase the index point by 3.5% on July 1, 2022, as Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire reminded us at the start of the session. Monday July 18. He was the first to speak. The Bercy tenant also announced that he would remain “open to any proposal” from the opposition.
But a question persists, how much will this increase in the salaries of civil servants really bring in? What will be the gain after the thaw? For a town clerk with 15 years of experience, the gain amounts to 57.30 euros per month. With the same experience, a peacekeeper will pocket 68.50 euros more each month. A mid-career midwife can expect to earn 110.80 euros more per month. Finally, a nurse anesthetist with 8 years of experience should earn an additional 91.10 euros each month. This thaw in the index point is the first since 2017, and the largest increase in 37 years. This long-awaited measure is part of the purchasing power bill bringing together around fifteen proposals in favor of the purchasing power of the French, carried by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. All civil servants are concerned by the unfreezing of the index point up to 3.5%, civil servants and contract employees. The state, hospital and territorial public service will benefit from it.
A historic increase therefore, but not necessarily to the taste of the opposition. Jean-Luc Mélenchon (Nupes) demanded a net increase of 10%. Same thing for the CGT. This thaw of the index point remains, despite everything, a costly maneuver which could amount to 7.5 billion euros for the State. The government has also taken into account the poor health enjoyed by the teaching profession for several years. Indeed, the profession attracts less and less, in particular because of the remuneration, a fortiori among school teachers at the start of their career. In mathematics and German, the 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 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 euros. In other words, an annual treatment value of 5,623.23 euros. If approved by Parliament, the index point could reach 4.85 euros.
The minimum salary (increased index 352) should increase from 1,649.48 euros to 1,707.21 euros per month. In other words, 20,486.54 euros per 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 index 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 July 1, 2016. February 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, and therefore the increase in the salaries of civil servants, is not the only measure recently announced concerning them. First of all, the Gipa bonus (individual guarantee of purchasing power) 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 premium intervenes and is paid completely automatically with your treatment. Secondly, category B agents at the start of their career should benefit from additional salary support. Also, the conditions of eligibility for the sustainable mobility package will be more flexible in the public service. Finally, the State’s participation in the financing of collective catering is revised upwards! It increases by 7% in 2022.
The value of the index point has been 4.68602 euros since February 1, 2017 for an annual treatment value of 5,623.23 euros. It should be noted that this figure has been constantly rising since March 1, 1995 and could even rise to 4.85 euros if the increase is validated by Parliament.
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 (5.8% in June over one year). Want to save money? Here is our file dedicated to promotions and savings in these times of rising consumer prices:
