Salary increase in the public sector: since when will it be in force and what labor regimes does it reach?

As part of Centralized Collective Agreement 2023-2024, signed on June 30, the employer representation of the Peruvian State and the representatives of the five confederations that make up the unions agreed to make economic improvements to more than 582,000 public sector workers, which will be given without affecting the fiscal coffers.

How much will the increase be and since when does it apply?

Both the Government and the workers agreed that public sector personnel will receive a permanent monthly increase in their remuneration as of January 1, 2024. The economic improvement will be S/100; however, this increase will be carried out in two tranches: in January S/50 will be raised and from December the other S/50 will become effective.

He monthly increment will be subject to social charges; In addition, it is of a pensionable nature, has a remunerative nature, and is part of the calculation basis for labor benefits that corresponds to each state worker. Also, it was established that the total monthly income of each beneficiary public servant must not exceed the amount of S/15,600.

For this to take effect remunerative improvement, the servers must be registered in the Computer Application for the Centralized Registry of Payrolls and Data of Human Resources of the Public Sector (AIRSHP) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF).

Which labor regimes will receive this salary increase?

He salary increase to the more than 582,000 public workers, it reaches those who work under the CAS, Civil Service Law, special public penitentiary career and diplomatic service regimes of the Republic. As well as the servers of Legislative Decrees 276 and 728.

In the case of administrative servants subject to labor regime 276, who belong to the occupational groups of professionals, technicians and assistants, the monthly increase of the Single Consolidated Amount (MUC).

It is important to mention that The increase in the MUC is applicable to employees of this labor regime who do not hold managerial or trust positions and, furthermore, that they do not meet the characteristics of a public official or manager in the terms defined by the governing body of the Human Resources Management Administrative System.

In this way, the new MUC scale will be established in whole numbers as follows.