The administration of former Peruvian congressional president Fernando Rospigliosi approved a 15 percent salary increase for all parliamentary workers in Lima.
The pay rise was negotiated through a collective bargaining agreement between Congress and its official workers union, Sitracon, extending to employees across the bicameral legislature.
The agreement was signed on November 24, 2025, and took effect on January 1, 2026, with an application period running through December 2027. Details of the salary package were revealed by the investigative news program Punto Final on August 16, 2026.
The Congress of the Republic of Peru is the legislative branch of the Peruvian government, located in the capital city of Lima. The institution recently transitioned back to a bicameral structure comprising a Senate and a Chamber of Deputies.
Details of the collective agreement
According to the collective agreement document published in the report, Congress agreed to update the pay scale by 15.00 percent of current worker salaries starting from January 1, 2026, for the duration of the deal.
The formal document was endorsed by Senator Fernando Rospigliosi and six executive representatives from the Sitracon union. The union signatories included general secretary Tulio Vizcarra Basto, organization secretary Jorge Pacheco Munayco, defense secretary Percy Ayala Avila, economy and accounting secretary Jaime Montoya Luna, international affairs secretary Julio Barrera Egoavil, and minutes secretary Carlos Negrete Venegas.
Prior to the full implementation of the increase, parliamentary payroll records up to May 2026 showed that Congress employed more than 3,900 staff members, representing an annual expenditure of 906.2 million soles. Following the wage adjustment, total payroll spending rose to 1,134.8 million soles.
Extraordinary worker bonuses
In addition to the baseline salary hike, the collective bargaining agreement establishes periodic financial allowances for legislative personnel tied to official commemorations.
Under the terms of the deal, Congress will provide workers with an extraordinary allocation for Labor Day on May 1 and Parliamentary Worker Day on September 22. Each payment is set at 20 percent of the Tax Unit, equivalent to a bonus of 1,100 soles per employee for each occasion.
The agreement also grants employees a special extraordinary bonus for closing negotiation terms. This one-off payment is set at two Tax Units, adding an extra 11,000 soles to staff compensation.
In Peru, the Tax Unit, known locally as the Unidad Impositiva Tributaria, is an official fiscal reference value established by the Ministry of Economy and Finance to standardise public sector allowances, legal fines, and tax calculations.
Responses from parliament leadership and union
Speaking to reporters from Punto Final, Rospigliosi said that the salary increase was a decision reached by the negotiation commission working with the union, and that he subsequently signed the agreement.
Asked whether he had raised objections to the agreement or simply signed it, Rospigliosi indicated that parliamentary leadership discussed the matter with the Executive Bureau and resolved to approve the package negotiated by the commission.
The Congressional Workers Union addressed the report in official statement 008-2026, stating that legislative salaries had lost purchasing power since 2006 and that the agreement aimed to recover that loss progressively.
The union added that the enhanced working conditions and benefits resulted from intense debate with employer representatives, strictly following current legislation without creating an exorbitant financial burden or exceeding the institutional budget.
