Rights, Duties, and Status of Public Employees

Individual and Collective Rights

Public employees possess individual rights often exercised collectively, including:

  • Participation
  • Freedom of association
  • Collective bargaining
  • Strike meeting (in accordance with legal provisions)

Duties and Ethical Principles

Public employees are obligated to diligently perform assigned tasks, uphold general interests (subject to the Constitution and other legislation), and adhere to these ethical principles:

  • Objectivity
  • Integrity
  • Neutrality
  • Accountability
  • Impartiality
  • Confidentiality
  • Commitment to public service
  • Transparency
  • Exemplary conduct
  • Austerity
  • Accessibility
  • Efficiency
  • Honesty
  • Promoting cultural and environmental surroundings
  • Equality between women and men

These principles inform the code of conduct for public employees.

Administrative Status and Special Services

The administrative status of civil servants is “active service.” Special services include:

  • Missions to international organizations
  • International cooperation programs
  • Changes in national or Valencian government
  • Positions in other government services

Leave Modalities

  • Personal leave
  • Family reunification leave
  • Family care leave
  • Leave due to gender violence

Suspension from Duties

, which may be firm or tentative .- Law 53/1984 of 26 December incompatibilities staff to government, established as fundamental principle that the staff included in the field within the scope of this law may not match their activities with the performance of a second job in the public sector private or which would prevent or impair the strict performance of their duties, except in cases provided for in the same .- also may not be collected, except in cases provided for in this law, more than a fee charged to the budgets government .- This Act regulates the activities incompatible with public, educational and health function, the performance of elected office, with boards and private activities are not affected .- incompatibilities, “The activities resulting from the administration of the estate propio.-Participation in seminars, courses or conferences involving official centers when there permanently if more than 75 hours / the year.In-Preparation of persons for public access and involvement in court .- The executive positions in funds or unpaid trustees of funcionarios.-publication and creation of technical or artistic works.

10.la Law 7 / 2007 of 12 April concerning the civil status, the law 53/1984 of 26 December incompatibilities.

The basic status of public employee establishes the general principles applicable to all public employment relations. The text contains what is common to all the officials of all government, more specific legal rules applicable to staff working at your service .- the acquisition and loss of official status, in accordance with Article 62 of the statute the status of an official in the Valencian community acquired thereafter compliance with the following requirements: – passing the selection process.-Appointment by the competent body or authority, to be published in the Official Gazette .- act for compliance with the constitution and, where appropriate, the autonomy statute for .- takeover within the establishment .- not may be officers and shall have no effect on those actions do not prove, once passed the selection process, which meet the requirements and conditions required in the Notice .- under Article 63 of the statute, civil servant status is lost for any of the following reasons: – the resignation of the status of official .- loss of Spanish nationality or they claimed, except that simultaneously acquires the nationality of another member state .- total retirement official, who may be voluntary, forced or permanent disability .- disciplinary sanction of dismissal that had strong character .- The penalty or ancillary or special disqualification from public office who have strong character .- staff officer who had lost their status for change of nationality or permanent disability retirement may request the rehabilitation of its official status, which will be granted, after missing the objective cause that the reason .- rights and duties and administrative situations, public employees have the following rights of a individual: – a tenure in the career civil servant status .- to career progression and internal promotion .- to receive the basic remuneration and allowances or supplementary service because .- a legal defense and protection of public administration .- continuous training and updating of their knowledge and professional skills, preferably during business hours .- to respect their privacy, sexual orientation, self-image and dignity at work, especially against sexual harassment and on grounds of sex, moral and professional, also the non-discrimination on these or any other condition .- to the adoption of measures to promote the reconciliation of family life, personal and work .- to freedom of expression within the limits of .- law to receive effective protection in safety and health at work .- holidays, breaks, permits and licencias.-retirement on the terms and conditions set out in rules