INDEX POINT INCREASE 2022. The thaw in the officials’ index point is expected to be announced on Tuesday, June 28.
[Mis à jour le 24 juin 2022 à 15h29] The increase in the public service index point is coming soon! And more particularly, from Tuesday, June 28. Indeed, civil servants such as teachers, caregivers and other police officers will be able to benefit from the first thaw of the index point since 2017, it was under the five-year term of François Hollande. The Minister of Transformation and Public Service Stanislas Guérini should hold a salary conference next Tuesday according to information from acteurspublics. On this occasion, he will announce the long-awaited amount of the increase in the civil service index point. Thursday, June 23, the various public service unions called for negotiations “without delay” regarding the unfreezing of the index point of civil servants and “strongly affirm that public officials should not bear the brunt of this situation“. In this case, the loss of my absolute majority in the National Assembly by the presidential party and Emmanuel Macron in the last legislative elections. In this more than tense climate, the Head of State should proceed to increase the index point for civil servants over the summer. Frozen for more than five years, the civil service index point is used to calculate the gross salary of civil servants. To take inflation into account (5.2% in May over one year), the increase could be between 1% and 4%.As a reminder, a revaluation of 1% amounts to 2 billion euros per year for the State.
This new proposal in favor of purchasing power should be included in the amending finance bill, examined in Parliament next July. A maneuver that could take a slight delay, due to the recomposition of the Assembly. The various unions of civil servants have been calling for quite diverse increases in the index point for several months. The CFDT would like an increase of 3% when the CDTC calls for a more aggressive revaluation of up to 20%. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the Nupes et ex-leader LFI offer him a 10% raise. This thawing of the index point of public anointing occurs in a deleterious context. Indeed, the lack of candidates for the last teacher competition has highlighted the severe lack of attractiveness of the profession. The level of remuneration is particularly pointed out, not enough incentive to recruit young teachers and attract again.
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 unfreezing of the index point, which serves as the basis for the calculation of public officials, will be part of the purchasing power bill, as announced by the Minister of Transformation and the Civil Service, Stanislas Guerini on June 6 last at the microphone of France Info. 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. Since then, there has been no change in the index point.
On the side of the unions of civil servants, the increase claimed is 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 civil servants linked to the freezing of the point in 2010. As for the increase in pensions, indexation to inflation with retroactive effect January 1 is required. The increase which should take place on July 1, 2022 is not yet known.
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.