Partial payback of the 2012 public sector bonus and other measures

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1. Public administrations will pay in 2015, once only, the equivalent of 48 days or 26.23% of the amounts lost when the December 2012 extra pay was removed. If an administration's financial situation does not allow it in 2015, payment can wait until the first budget year when it becomes possible.
2. Civil servants get back a sixth day of personal leave per year. Administrations may also add up to two extra personal leave days based on seniority, and up to four extra vacation days based on years of service.
3. The scale of local government civil servants with national certification is split into three subscales: secretaría, intervención-tesorería and secretaría-intervención, which may perform both types of duties.
4. Extra budget credits are approved to pay the recovery of the state public sector's extra pay (€251,858,960.10), to buy vehicles for the Spanish Army (€20 million), to settle pending obligations of the Ministry of Public Works and the sunken ship "Oleg Naydenov", and to regularize unpaid costs of the Ministry of Agriculture and the River Basin Authorities. All of it is financed with public debt.
5. Municipalities in financial risk that were within the scope of the Fondo de Ordenación may request advances on their share of state taxes, to pay suppliers, enforce court rulings and settle debts with the tax agency and Social Security. They must refinance them in 2016 through that fund.
6. In public procurement, contracting authorities may additionally require that a company's average payment period to suppliers does not exceed the limit set by the Ministry of Finance. The Universities Act is also amended to allow full professors to become chaired professors through internal promotion, and to allow faculty mobility between universities.

Who it affects

• Public employees whose December 2012 extra pay was removed: They will receive a recovery of 48 days or 26.23% of the lost amounts, paid in 2015 if the administration can afford it.
• Career civil servants: They recover a sixth day of personal leave and may get extra leave and vacation days based on seniority.
• Secretaries, comptrollers and treasurers of municipalities: The secretaría-intervención subscale may perform both secretarial and comptroller-treasury duties.
• Municipalities with financial problems: They can request advances on their share of state taxes to pay urgent debts, refinancing them in 2016.
• Associate professors (profesores titulares) at public universities: They can become chaired professors through internal promotion if accredited, and move to vacant positions at other universities.

Words worth knowing

Paga extraordinaria

Extra pay that public employees normally received twice a year, in summer and at Christmas.

Crédito extraordinario y suplemento de crédito

Additional money added to the state budget to pay for expenses that were not planned or were insufficiently funded.

Habilitación de carácter nacional

A certification allowing a municipal civil servant to perform secretarial, comptroller or treasury duties in any Spanish municipality.

Trienio

A three-year period of service that grants a pay supplement or extra leave days.

Pignorar

To pledge assets or money as a guarantee that an obligation will be met, through a pledge contract.

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