INDEX POINT INCREASE. The index point for civil servants will increase from this Friday, July 1, 2022. For whom? What gain? We take stock.
[Mis à jour le 29 juin 2022 à 15h33] To take inflation into account (5.2% in May over one year), the index point for civil servants will increase by 3,5% from Friday July 1, 2022! More than a few hours to wait before the implementation for all officials. Indeed, even contract workers are affected by this historic increase. Such a revaluation had not taken place for more than 37 years in France. It is added to 1,5% average increase in the civil service. De facto, civil servants should observe an increase in 5% on their payslip. This boost will be visible in August with retroactive effect to July 1, until the software “are set up” according to the minister. But then, how much will you earn with the 3.5% increase? Here is the gain that will be visible on your pay slip for August 2022:
- Town Clerk (15 years of experience) : 687 euros annual gain
- Peacekeeper (15 years of seniority) : 822 euros annual gain
- Nurse anesthetist (8 years of experience) : 1,093 euros of annual gain
- Midwife (mid-career) : 1,330 euros of annual gain
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 deeming this increase insufficient, it demanded a net increase in 10%. The CDTCelle, demanded a more aggressive revaluation to the tune of 20%. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the Nupes et ex-leader LFI 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 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.
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 et 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 value of the index point amounts to 4.68602 euros since February 1, 2017 for an annual salary value of 5 623,23 euros. 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.