The officials are so satisfied with their working conditions
The civil servants’ dissatisfaction in the Ministry of the Environment raises questions. On March 14, the « Lëtzebuerger Land » reported on the dissatisfaction of the officials, according to a study. Due to this article, the MP Djuna Bernard (Déi Gréng) and Georges Engel (LSAP) addressed parliamentary inquiries on this topic to the responsible minister Serge Wilmes (CSV).
On Thursday, the Minister for the Public Service and also the Environment Minister, Serge Wilmes, said in his answer that this survey was not published in his ministry for reasons of trust. « 36 units have taken this service since 2019, including nine ministries, 24 state administrations and three municipal administrations or unions, » said Wilmes.
Among other things, nine ministries have taken part in this survey since 2019. The Ministry of the Environment took part in it for the first time last year. « The aim is to professionalize and optimize the management and leadership and to take into account the concerns of the employees, » said Serge Wilmes.
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Serge Wilmes was pleased in his response to the question of the Green MPs Djuna Bernard that « a number of bodies from this important service (the survey, editor’s note) have already made use of professional personnel management and a modern management approach in which the well -being of personnel is the focus ».
Bernard also asked the minister what measures his ministry take to counteract the dissatisfaction of the officials. The public administrations have a multidisciplinary team of experts and the Ministry of Public Service.
The employee interviews that are now taking place annually are also an opportunity to « talk about the satisfaction with the work and to maintain or give feedback, » said Serge Wilmes.
A survey with the University of College London
Another study dealt with the satisfaction of the officials. This is a survey carried out by the University of College London and the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (Liser). The Center for Personnel Management and Organization of the State was also involved.
« A modern state needs competent and committed civil servants, » says it In the coalition agreement of the CSV/DP government. That is the reason why the government the study On your official portal has commissioned the well -being of the officials in their job.
Accordingly, 65 percent of those surveyed are satisfied with their work and are motivated to work hard. 64 percent of those surveyed continue to work in the public service. They seem to be less satisfied with the health and compatibility of private and professional life: only 49 percent of those surveyed rated this criterion positively.
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The management practices were also examined. 32 percent of those surveyed have difficulties with changes in their work or find that changes lead to excessive workload. Here, too, less than half of the respondents are satisfied with the management of health and well -being (41 percent).
69 percent of the officials took part in the survey
Between February and March 2024, 3,740 civil servants from the 34 public administrations took part in the survey on satisfaction with their work. The response rate was 69 percent. A third of the staff between 30 and 39 years have participated.
A second part of this study is to be carried out between June and July this year. « The results will be available in autumn and the final national report will be published at the end of 2025, » said Serge Wilmes.
More than half of the respondents are satisfied with teamwork (51 percent), communication within the organization (53 percent), the participation of the employees in their work and the decisions made in the team (55 percent), and the leadership by the manager (56 percent). The employees are most satisfied with the recognition of their services (65 percent).
The topic of teleworking was also addressed in this survey. 62 percent of the respondents support telework and wish this working practice in the future. 60 percent feel encouraged to take risks and agree to bring innovative ideas to improve your organization.
The attitude and the tested skills are positively rated by 74 percent of the staff. At the beginning of March, the Minister for the Public Service, Serge Wilmes (CSV), terminated the occupation of 3,500 jobs in the public service. As a reminder: according to Govjobs that is “Non -control of the three official languages no exclusion criterion for employment in the public service ”.
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Only 42 percent believe that sufficient measures in the field of diversity and inclusion are taken, be it in training or in attitude. In total, 74 percent of the respondents positively evaluate the training offered and the creation of new skills.
Most of the questions in this study come from the global survey of government officials. A similar study is planned for this year. This should then help to determine whether there have been progress in personnel management compared to 2024.
