New legislation
The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill on civil servants, which is set to replace the current Civil Service Act starting in November 2026. The sponsors aim to bring the employment of civil servants more in line with standard employment relationships and to make the hiring, evaluation, and dismissal of civil servants more flexible. The bill will now be reviewed by the Senate.
The new legislation is intended to bring the status of civil servants more fully in line with the Labor Code. Among other things, the three-month period during which a departing civil servant is sought for another position and receives a portion of their salary is to be abolished. Employment may be terminated, for example, after two unsatisfactory performance evaluations or if a position is eliminated as part of a reorganization. Under certain conditions, candidates with a bachelor’s degree will also be eligible to fill leadership positions. At the same time, employees are to be entitled to wage compensation amounting to 50 to 80 percent of their average earnings if their agency does not allow them to perform their work.
The governing coalition justifies the change by citing the need for a more flexible and less administratively burdensome civil service that will be better able to recruit experts and respond to organizational changes. The opposition, labor unions, and some experts, on the other hand, point out that the bill weakens the protection of civil servants against political interference and facilitates personnel changes following a change in government. Criticism has also been directed at the fact that this far-reaching change originated as a parliamentary bill and therefore did not go through the standard inter-ministerial review process.
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