New civil servants mobility scheme keeps wage cuts – publico

 
         

                 

                         
                     

                 

 
 

The new system of “professional development” of civil service – which will replace the controversial redevelopment – will give priority to the training of workers considered surplus so they can restart functions “in a short time” and will no longer provide for the possibility of dismissal. . These are the general principles of the new that system, on Tuesday, is being presented to the unions by Secretary of State for Public Administration, Carolina Ferraz

The Government starts to replace the rehabilitation system – which considered “ineffective and harmful effects on human resources management in public administration” – with one that will be called “professional development of workers.”

This new regime, says an official source of the Ministry of Finance in a statement sent to the media, will act as “a mechanism for skills development of workers in the public administration, but also of better management on the needs . public services “

according to the now presented proposal will be repealed one of the standards most contested by the unions: the possibility for workers with a contract entered into public service after 2008 be dismissed if not find a new place in the state within 12 months. In addition, no longer included in the general labor law in public functions the possibility of opening an establishment rationalization process for reasons of economic and financial imbalance of services, “falling to be added to the general causes of reorganization of services, by extinction, merger and restructuring, which remain “.

in the new mechanism, the INA (Directorate-General of the Workers Qualification in Public Functions) plays a central role in guiding the reorganization process,” in order to streamline situations voluntary mobility or integration in previously identified jobs based on electronic platform developed for this purpose. “

there will be no two phases of rehabilitation (currently there is a first phase lasting 12 months and involving a cut in salary of 40% and a second that can end in a dismissal for some workers or result in a wage loss of 60% in the framework of employees). Instead, during the training – the duration of which is not revealed by the statement of Finance – workers maintain basic pay. After this period, “if no replacement is obtained, the compensation may be reduced by 40%, keeping the effort of recovery workers, which may include strengthening the worker’s skill level.”

at the same time, the Government is considering also change the incentives for territorial mobility for jobs that are located more than 60 kilometers from the place of residence.

the proposal that is being presented to unions includes an “exceptional basis” for the workers who are in retraining the entry into force of the new regime, provided they have 60 or more years and are more than three years waiting to restart funções.Neste case workers “may be discharged the duties of the scheme until they are of legal age of retirement or retirement. “

This proposal for the reclassification review risks not please the unions of public servants, who are opposed to the existence of workers surplus and wage cuts. While waiting for the meeting with the Secretary of State, José Abraham, head of the Federation of Trade Unions for Public Administration (Fesap), already anticipated this negative reaction: “Never accept a system that puts workers at home and admit wage cuts.”

“it is an affront to what we stand for. Reinforce the training and mobility systems” proposes, noting that since when was presented the requalification was promised that the system would turn masi effective and bet training. “And she gave in,” concludes.

The redevelopment was created by Passos Coelho Government / Paulo Portas to replace the special mobility approved during the first term of José Sócrates. Was intended to be a temporary situation, something that did not happen, as was the case with previous engines.

The system has been under fire because of the process initiated in late 2014 in the Social Security Institute , which led to the dismissal of more than 600 trabalhadores.Uma of these people eventually return to their home services, a decision already taken by the current government.