This is what ministers will win with the new government decree

The Administrative Department of the Civil Service presented the decree giving way to the increase in the salaries of public employees of the Executive Branch, Regional Autonomous Corporations and Sustainable Development, which corresponds to 7.26% by 2022.

Decree 473 of 29 March 2022 established the salary scale for public sector servants, which, as agreed with the unions and federations, must correspond to the percentage increase in the CPI (Consumer Price Index), that is to say to the inflation that occurred in the country during 2021 and a an additional 1.64 per cent, and which was to be in force since 1 January of this year.

“That the percentage increase in the total CPI for 2021 certified by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) was five point sixty-two percent (5.62%), consequently, the salaries and benefits established in this decree will be adjusted by seven point twenty-six percent (7.26%) by the year 2022, retroactive from 10 January of this year”, states the Government's document.

These increases will apply to officials holding positions in the Ministries, Administrative Departments, Superintendencies, Special Administrative Units, Public Establishments, Regional Autonomous Corporations and Sustainable Development, State Social Enterprises, State Industrial and Commercial Enterprises, Societies of Mixed Economy.

In other words, this increase applies from State professors, through members of the security forces, to ministers from the different portfolios.

The increase for the executive degrees of the three branches applies from $3,638,046 to $15,901,409; for Advisors from $3,550,512 to $12,710,497; to professionals from $2,143,616 to $8,779,305; for Technicians from $1,000,000 to $3,291,615; and assistants from $1,000,000 to $8,779,305 3.258,955.

The ministers of the different portfolios, such as the head of the Interior portfolio, Daniel Palacios, went on to earn with this decree: $21,147,049 million, which is distributed in Basic Allocation: $5,785,839; Representation Expenses: $10,285,919; and Management Premium: $5,075,291 million.

On the morning of December 15, 2021, the President of Colombia, Iván Duque signed the decree that determined the increase of 10.7% in the minimum wage for workers in 2022, which, after the presidential sanction, stood at $1,000,000 (one million pesos), plus the transport subsidy that will amount to $117,172 pesos.

During the signing, several of the members of the national cabinet, as well as the leaders of the workers' federations, stressed that this year the bid to approve the minimum wage was not extended for several days, which allowed a consensus between the different parties. It should be noted that this has not happened since 2011 during one of the governments of Juan Manuel Santos.

At the event, which took place early in the day at Casa de Nariño, Iván Duque stressed that this year's minimum wage increase was a historical event for the country and would be part of the ideology of supposed social policies that it seeks to encourage before leaving power.

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