The new Parliament Board wants to close the open conflict with its workers as a result of the decisions that were taken in the last legislature to end by decree several privileged situations, such as exorbitant retirement bonuses or licenses to collect without going to work. of work from a certain age.
After more than two years with the personnel council on a war footing, the Parliament has closed this week an agreement that will allow, from the start, to end the most burdensome retirement bonuses, those that were above 90,000 euros, at the same time which will gradually reduce all the others, until they disappear in 2050.
Until now, these types of bonuses were received by all workers who retired at the statutory age. They were calculated with respect to a series of monthly payments, depending on the time worked. After 16 years of service, a maximum of the last gross annual salary received could be collected, which resulted in astronomical figures for the institution’s senior officials, some of whom received gross salaries of up to 230,000 euros.
This will no longer be able to happen again because all bonuses are capped at a maximum that is calculated based on multiplying the lowest salary in the Parliament by 2.5, which is about 90,000 euros. This maximum will also be gradually reduced year after year in a first phase that affects 70 of the 233 Parliament workers.
The rest, those who should retire after 2030, will be affected by even more restrictive limits. For example, no one will earn more than 40,000 euros from now on in 10 years and, in 20, it will be reduced to 15,000.
Sources from the Parliament explain that the bonus bill as it was before the agreement would have amounted to around 17 million euros, while now it will remain at just under 9, so they calculate a saving of almost half.
But, in addition, these same sources emphasize that it is a way to end the labor conflict that had agitated the daily life of the Parliament in recent years, taking into account that the workers had acquired rights that, if taken to the courts, could maintain.
The agreement reached between the Board and the Chamber staff contemplates, in addition to the issue of retirement bonuses, two more aspects: the permanence bonus in the institution that is paid every five years after 25 years of work and the plan of pensions.
In this case, although the Chamber’s desire is to move towards a system of incentives based on objectives, the so-called “connection award” is maintained, although it can no longer be paid directly, but instead you can choose between a month of vacation or a contribution to the pension plan. Regarding this last matter, the agreement contemplates reactivating the stock market that was frozen in 2013.
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