The 2% salary increase agreed for 2024 for public employees will be processed in the bill of measures to combat the effects of the war in Ukraine, without waiting for the approval of the General State Budgets.
As stated this Tuesday in the press conference after the Council of Ministers by the head for Digital Transformation and Public Service, José Luis Escrivá, the increase, agreed in the three-year framework agreement sealed between the Government and unions, will be incorporated as an amendment in the aforementioned norm that is already being processed in Congress.
In a previous joint statement, the UGT and CCOO unions had indicated that the Government had promised to include "in an upcoming royal decree law" that 2% increase agreed for more than five million public employees.
The three-year framework agreement sealed between the Government and unions established a fixed increase of 2% for 2024, to which an additional 0.5% could be added depending on the evolution of inflation.
The revaluation, which is usually included in the General Budgets, was still pending to be articulated and, once approved, will have retroactive effects from last January 1.
PSOE and Sumar have registered an amendment to the bill of measures to combat the effects of the war in Ukraine, currently being processed in Congress, which will allow compliance with the salary commitments signed with the public service unions in the absence of Budgets for this year.
The text of the amendment details that public sector remuneration may increase up to 2% in 2024, as agreed, with economic effects from January 1; and the Treasury is enabled to update the salaries of State officials and make the payment of the corresponding amounts effective.
