It’s official. The Government and the unions UGT and Workers’ Commissions have reached an agreement for the recovery of the partial retirement of public employees. The agreement was made public this past Wednesday and aims to return this retirement option to civil servants.
This is a measure that was removed in 2012 and now, more than 10 years later, it returns for public entities. Therefore, Employees will be able to continue their work while earning a portion of their salary.
The Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Service, the Secretary General of UGT Public Services, Julio Lacuerda, and the Public Area Coordinator of CCOO, Luciano Palazzo, They were in charge of sealing the agreement this Wednesday. With this procedure, the Government continues to comply with its commitments included in the Framework Agreement for a 21st Century Administration, signed with the same unions in 2022.
What is partial retirement?
This is a type of retirement that was suppressed for civil servants. Now, workers will be able to access this type of retirement, which allows access to retirement from the age of 60 by collecting a part of the pension while continuing to work part-time. This commitment will be materialized by modifying the Consolidated Text of the Basic Statute of Public Employees (TREBEP).
According to the ministry, this modality It facilitates the transition between active life and retirement and guarantees the transfer of knowledge between generations. “It is also about promoting the transfer of knowledge in the public sector between the most veteran workers and the new generations,” highlighted the minister.
Relief contracts
Given this type of retirement, Replacement contracts will be created to replace people who are going to retire. The figure of the “reliever” will be regulated as career civil servant staffhence The corresponding places must be established in the equivalent public employment offers in the year in which the retirement is going to occur.. As these are planned positions, it is guaranteed that this retirement formula does not generate additional budgetary costs.
When will it come into effect?
According to the statement issued by CC.OO in conjunction with UGT, It is up to the Government to promote, with agility, the regulatory modifications necessary for the agreement to become a reality. The commitment to the Government is that these reforms be processed “as soon as possible,” as stated literally in the text signed by the Executive and the two union organizations.
For this, It will be necessary to modify the Basic Statute of the Public Employee, the General Law of Social Security and the Law of Passive Classesincluding the necessary adjustments that include this type of partial retirement.
What is the purpose of this partial retirement?
As UGT and CC.OO point out, “the agreement represents a step forward to achieve an Administration prepared for new challenges, as it promotes generational change, allowing the entry of young personnel into stable and quality public jobs and, at the same time, values the experience of older workers, who will be able to transmit their knowledge to the relief staff who replace them.