The Decree-Law on a 1% wage increase in the civil service was approved this Thursday by the Council of Ministers. The increase applies to the entire salary scale, as well as to the food allowance, which amounts to six euros.
“We want to get closer to what the impact of inflation has been,” said Presidency Minister Mariana Vieira da Silva at a press conference.
With an intermediate increase of 1%, “the agreement signed with the trade unions has been fulfilled, in the sense that after a year the state’s ability to update the signed agreement is assessed,” the minister said.
Mariana Vieira da Silva said that with this update, the average wage growth is now 4.6% (up from the previous 3.6%) and the payroll increase that was 5.2% is now 6.6% .
The mid-term wage increase and food subsidy increase to be approved by decree will be paid in May, retroactive to January, the government announced.
At a meeting with trade unions on Wednesday, the government told trade union structures that backdated payments relating to the months of January to April would be paid in May without tax withholding, and settlement would be made in 2024 after the filing of the annual return. income tax return.
The government is working on publishing adjusted income tax tables for May and June to account for the 1% pay rise, with a new IRS table model already published going into effect in July.
According to the government, the additional 1% pay increase to fight inflation represents a 245 million euro increase in public administration staff costs.
The increase in the food subsidy from €5.20 to €6 represents an increase in costs of €144 million plus taxes and contributions of €163 million for a total of €307 million.
The global payroll estimate for civil servants (including all measures such as promotions and promotions) increased from 5.1% to 6.6%, to 1,709 million euros.
This interim salary increase of 1% is added to the update already granted in January of about 52 euros for salaries up to about 2600 euros and 2% above this amount.
Globally, 40.5% of the 472,000 civil servants will see a 6% pay increase and 16.7% of workers will see a 9.1% pay increase.
More than 320,000 civil servants have cleared the €100 barrier, taking into account various assessment measures, including an increase in the food subsidy, according to the government.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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