Budget authority
Create employment ceilings and funding.
Measure 4.08 · positions actually filled
Legal File 4.08: Creating 5,000 Real Net Positions for Judges and Court Clerks
The relevant number is not the announcement or the competition: it is the number of additional trained professionals actually serving.
What “5,000 net positions” requires
Measure 4.08 calls for 5,000 net additional judges and court clerks through redeployment. The legally meaningful count is not the announcement or even the recruitment decision; it is the number of trained professionals actually serving after departures, vacancies and outward transfers are deducted.
Net-count formula
Net positions = professionals entering service − unfilled departures − persistent vacancies − outward transfersMoving a position from one court to another is not a national net creation.
Five conditions
Training
Expand school and placement capacity.
Facilities
Provide offices, courtrooms and digital access.
Allocation
Publish a territorial allocation method.
Redeployment
Identify where transferred positions come from.
Outcome
Measure effects on delay and backlog.
Avoid double counting
Existing recruitment programmes must be separated. Positions already funded under the 2023–2027 Justice Programming Act cannot be counted again as new Plan positions.
Five-year evidence path
| Year | Main work | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baseline, competitions and training capacity | Public report by profession and court. |
| 2 | First graduates and priority assignments | Professionals actually in service. |
| 3 | Scale-up and territorial adjustment | Vacancies and old backlog. |
| 4 | Consolidation | Retention, quality and mobility. |
| 5 | Net target assessment | Independent audit of the 5,000 net positions. |
Working legal clauses
Employment trajectory
The annual report shall distinguish authorised, opened, filled, trained and effectively additional positions after departures, vacancies and transfers.