Unions express concern over performance-related pay

France

The French government has announced plans for a significant extension of performance-related pay (PRP) across the civil service. At the moment only a small group of senior civil service has a PRP element in their salary. New arrangements will cover around 21,600 civil servants next year and by 2012 nearly 200,000 will have a PRP as part of their pay. The additional payment will be made up by a job-related premium (60%) set by each ministry while the remaining 40% will be entirely related to the individual’s performance. The CFDT and FSU federations have warned of the risks of having pay determined in an arbitrary way. They also argue that the key issue at the moment is to ensure that all public service workers have their pay protected against inflation without having to rely on unpredictable PRP payments. The new system will be financed by savings from the non-replacement of retiring workers.
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