A decree-law has been published to accelerate the promotion of civil servants

The diploma, which allows accelerating the advancement of civil servants from 2024, was published on Tuesday in the Diário da República and is estimated to reach 72,000 workers next year.

This is a measure aimed at civil servants with 18 or more years of service who were covered by freeze periods that took place between 2005 and 2007 and between 2011 and 2017, allowing them to progress with six points in productivity. score (instead of the currently required 10 points).

This points deduction will only apply once per employee beginning in 2024, with the change in remuneration taking effect on “January 1 of the year in which the employee earns the required number of points” for such change.

The Decree-Law also specifies that “when employees score more than six points, the extra points are taken into account for the purposes of future changes in their pay situation.”

The preamble to the diploma speaks of the effect of freeze periods “on the normal development of careers”, thus intending – and in line with what has been done with teachers – to establish “a special regime to accelerate the development of the careers of statesmen.” hired workers by reducing the number of points required for a mandatory change in salary position.

The measure will also have an impact “on state-owned enterprises integrated into the National Health Service through existing collective bargaining agreements.”

According to the data cited by Presidential Minister Mariana Vieira da Silva, on the day the diploma is approved by the Council of Ministers, this “accelerator” of progress should cover about 350,000 workers, while about 72,000 collect conditions. progress in the next year.

This measure, as explained by Mariana Vieira da Silva, will have a total budgetary effect of around 128 million euros and will allow the worker, who has been marked as “adequate” (which gives one point) in the last six assessments, to make a “jump”. Career already in 2024, instead of waiting to score 10 points.

Meanwhile, in September, the government and civil servants’ unions resumed negotiations to revise the Performance Appraisal System (SIADAP), with an initial proposal presented to workers’ representatives (in mid-July) for a reduction from 10 to eight points needed for progress, among other changes.