An audit involving “almost 455 entities” is underway as part of the “career accelerator,” enabling certain public employees to advance with six points, and it will be “completed shortly,” stated José Abraão, Secretary-General of the Federation of Public Administration Unions and Public Purpose Entities (Fesap).
The aim is to assess the “current status” of the compliance with this initiative and “draw several conclusions, particularly how many workers have yet to benefit” from this mechanism, added Maria Helena Rodrigues, President of the State Technical Personnel Union (STE), who additionally highlighted existing “delays” in its implementation.
The two union organizations, affiliated with UGT, held separate meetings with the Government at the Ministry of Finance today to monitor the 2025-2028 multi-annual agreement for the enhancement of public administration workers signed in November. The Common Front, which did not sign the November agreement, did not participate in these meetings.
According to the Secretary-General of Fesap, the Government also conveyed that approximately 60,000 public employees have already benefited from the “career accelerator” and that “75,000 have enough points to advance,” though “many workers are at the top of their careers,” making them ineligible for this mechanism.
José Abraão further claimed that these figures “only confirm” the “concerns” expressed by Fesap “regarding the application of SIADAP in the 2023/2024 evaluation cycle,” which “is very delayed.”
“If SIADAP had been complied with, the number of workers who had changed due to the accelerator would surely be higher,” he added.
The so-called “career accelerator” was initiated by António Costa’s Government to compensate employees affected by two periods of career freezes, allowing them to advance from 2024 with six points instead of 10. Concurrently, SIADAP was revised, now requiring eight points for advancement rather than 10.
This meeting also reviewed unadjusted careers, as planned in the agreement signed in November. According to the Secretary-General of Fesap, concerning the career of hospital administrators, which was supposed to be revised by the end of 2024, meetings will resume this month, with a meeting scheduled for July 9 regarding the careers at the Institute of Registries and Notary (IRN).
Meanwhile, the careers of senior health technicians, social reintegration, and senior reeducation technicians, scheduled for the first half of 2025, “have not formally begun the revision process,” although “some working meetings” have taken place, and “the process will begin in July,” added STE in a statement.
The unions also express their expectation to start negotiations on the inspection and municipal police career in the coming months.
