In twenty-five years, the number of territorial agents has swelled by 549,000 positions, or "
half the increase observed for the three public functions
" over the period.
Mayors and other presidents of department or region want to see there the consequence of the transfers of competences intervened at the beginning of 2000 between the State and the communities (colleges, roads…).
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It is in the municipal sector that public employment has progressed the most with the creation of intermunicipalities
François Ecalle former magistrate of the Court of Auditors
But the argument does not hold.
“
It is in the municipal sector that public employment has progressed the most with the creation of intermunicipalities
.
The idea was good, but it ultimately led to a duplication of positions
, the
municipalities refusing to fully transfer skills to keep their jobs, forcing the intermunicipalities to recruit”,
judge François Ecalle.
Overstaffed
Other phenomena have been added, in particular the Aubry laws on working time.
Communities whose agents worked more than 35 hours took the opportunity to recruit when those who already worked less kept overstaffed...
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