60 Early-Retired Public Workers Get 10% Pension Boost After Union Talks
Government expands 2025 pension raise from 10 to 58 early retirees following USdA union negotiations over incomplete salary info.
Key Points
- 60 early-retired 2025 public workers to receive 10% pension hike via budget amendment.
- Expansion from initial 10 full retirees after union arguments on info gaps.
- Govt hires firm to review 2015-2023 retirement conditions, excluding 2024.
- Retirees push for productivity bonus and broader salary grid reforms.
Around 60 early-retired public sector workers from 2025 will receive a 10% pension increase following recent negotiations between the Public Function department and the retirees' branch of the USdA union.
The government agreed to include this group after union representatives argued that many early retirees lacked full details on the salary agreement during their decision-making process. Initially, the planned raise targeted only about 10 workers who fully retired in 2025. A budget amendment from the governing parliamentary majority will now extend it to the full 58 early retirees from that year.
Union sources noted that the government yielded following feedback from various groups, highlighting how early announcements during talks did not fully materialise as described, potentially influencing retirees' choices.
The meeting also addressed other demands. Officials pledged to hire a specialised firm to review retirement conditions from 2015 to 2023, allowing retirees to input their perspectives on potential adjustments. However, 2024 retirements remain excluded from this analysis, leaving those individuals under current terms.
Retirees expressed frustration over the raise mechanism, which applies via salary grid adjustments. They argue this limits a broader, fairer review for all, despite stemming from a union-signed deal on distributing available funds.
Separately, retirees have pushed for the October productivity bonus paid to active civil servants, citing its compensatory nature linked to past performance evaluation gaps. Union sources clarified this bonus compensates delays in rolling out AVAC—the GAdA replacement—set for mid-2026, not GAdA itself, which was excluded from the deal and remains under separate career progression talks.
They added that past proposals considered tailored compensation, such as for those stuck at 80% of their salary band due to administrative barriers, while excluding others who advanced via prior mechanisms like performance supplements or GAdA.
Original Sources
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