With the green light from Force Ouvrière, the monthly support of the State should at least double to reach a floor of around 30 euros, according to several participants in the negotiations who advanced Thursday evening and Friday.
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An important step forward. With the favorable vote of Force Ouvrière (FO) on Friday January 21, 2.5 million State civil servants will benefit from 2024 from a State contribution to their contributions to complementary health, which should be be more advantageous than in the private sector. This green light for the signature of the project on complementary health should guarantee a majority agreement, with the equally favorable opinion of four other representative organizations. “The General Federation of Force Ouvrière civil servants will sign the ‘interministerial agreement relating to supplementary social protection (PSC) in terms of covering the costs incurred by maternity, illness or accident in the State civil service'”the union said in a statement.
Of the seven state civil service unions, the five that have already spoken (FO, Unsa, CFDT, CGT, CFE-CGC) totaled 65% of the votes in the last professional elections. A formal ceremony to sign the agreement is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
In concrete terms, the monthly amount of contributions borne by the State will vary from one agent to another, depending on his remuneration. There are, however, some indications. Since January 1, civil servants who so request benefit each month from a flat-rate contribution of 15 euros from their employer towards their contributions. Once the agreement comes into force, the monthly support of the State should at least double to reach a floor of around 30 euros, according to several participants in the negotiations.
This new complementary social protection scheme in the State civil service is the translation of the order of February 2021, which recorded the obligation of employers to participate in the financing of the complementary health of their agents.
For complementary organizations, a market of several billion euros will thus open up from 2024, specifies the president of the Mutuality public service Serge Brichet. The agreement also contains solidarity mechanisms with agents’ beneficiaries and retirees, so as to limit the amount of their contributions.