The national government granted a Fixed sum for all personnel of the security forces and the Navy in activity. The bonus will be $60,000 and covers personnel with active military status of gendarme of the National Gendarmerieto those with active police status of the Argentine Naval Prefecture (PNA)to the officers of the Argentine Federal Police (PFA)to personnel with active police status of the Airport Security Police (PSA); to the active staff of the Federal Penitentiary Service and the active staff of the National Directorate of Criminal Intelligence. All of them dependent on the Ministry of Security.
This fixed sum will be “remunerative, exceptional, one-time and received only once per person” It will also be the responsibility of active military personnel of the Armed forcesas well as the officers of the Naval Establishment Police and to the active civilian personnel of the Intelligence of the Armed forcesAs established, the bonus will be collected together with the salaries corresponding to the month of September.
“The expenditure required to comply with the provisions of this measure will be covered with the credits assigned to the respective Jurisdiction of the General Budget of the National Public Administration.” establishes Decrees 781/2024 and 778/2024, published in the Official Gazette.
Increase in salaries for security forces: what is the reason?
Regarding the security forces, the Executive explained that the purpose of granting this sum is “recognize and maintain an appropriate hierarchy in relation to capacity, responsibility and dedication to the correct execution of the activities entrusted to the Federal Police and Security Forces, the national Government considers it necessary to implement specific measures that have a positive and direct impact on the purchasing power of said personnel.”
In turn, they indicated that “This measure aims to ensure the equality of the aforementioned personnel, in relation to the agreed updates for permanent and non-permanent staff included in the General Collective Labor Agreement for the National Public Administration.”
On the other hand, the decree establishing the payment of the fixed sum to the Armed Forces states that, “to guarantee the path of economic recovery, The national government considers it necessary to improve workers’ income in order to maintain an appropriate hierarchy in relation to the capacity, responsibility and dedication for the correct execution of the activities carried out by the personnel involved in this measure.”
New change in the payment of salaries for the Armed Forces
The measure became effective two days after the Government published a DNU that improves the time of payment of salary increases in the Armed Forces, since, previously, The uniformed officers received the increases with a one-month delay in relation to the rest of the state employees.
With the signature of all the ministers of the national Cabinet, and after management by the Ministry of Defense, in charge of Luis Petrithe Executive Branch decided to modify Law No. 11,672 complementary to the Budget to allow the Armed Forces to receive the increases in the same month in which they are granted to the rest of the National Public Administration (APN). This is a “historical demand” from military personnel, according to official sources.
Decree 775/2024, published on Friday in the Official Gazette, replaced article 86 of Law No. 11,672, which regulates salary increases within the framework of collective bargaining in the national State. The text includes an addition that extends these remunerations to the military, in order to equalize the situation with the civilian personnel of the Armed Forces who already enjoy this right.
Under the previous legislation, as explained by the Government, Military personnel received their increases with a one-month delay compared to other state employees. This caused economic damage and a loss of purchasing power in the face of inflation.
Source: Ambito
