If you thought you were already shipwrecked by the 2004 and 2014 staff reforms as regards your career perspectives as well as your salary, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Wait until you are old and frail and want to draw on your well-deserved pension. That’s when the real trouble starts. In this article, Generation 2004 takes a closer look at the EU pension scheme. Can we avoid the many icebergs that lurk around our pension scheme? In particular, what are the chances that EU Member States (MS) pay the €40 billion pension liability accumulated since 1958? Can we prepare a lifeboat in case the scheme were to founder? Continue reading SOS your pension! – The facts: EU pension scheme for dummies
Features
Letter from G2004 to Herr Günther Oettinger
PDF of the letter from G2004 to Herr Günther Oettinger
Appraisal exercise 2017: Questions & Replies document
Two PDF documents on the Appraisal exercise 2017:
Luxembourg Mathematics: 25 = 70
The Election of the new Local Staff Committee of Luxembourg (LSC) took place at the end of November with a turn-out of almost 70%. Generation 2004 scored some 18.8% of votes, which translates into 2 seats out of 20. We would like to thank all those who voted for us. Despite the increase in the number of lists that were presented to the elections this time, we are the only list that has maintained our score achieved 3 years ago. As a result, we still send two representatives (full member and deputy) to the Central Staff Committee, and we will keep roughly the same representation in the Joint Committees (e.g. promotion committees). Continue reading Luxembourg Mathematics: 25 = 70
Generation 2004 Letter to Ms Souka on GIPs for Contract Agents, request on Art. 5
To GIP or not to GIP – that is the question
On Friday 13th May the 9th meeting was held between HR General Director Ms Souka and your staff representatives on the new text of GIP (General Implementing Procedures on Other Agents) which will replace the Commission Decision of 2011.
What’s the line to draw? Different measures have been proposed in the context of mobility, unfortunately going more into division and difference of treatment. Even in the whole big cluster of Contract Continue reading To GIP or not to GIP – that is the question
Post-reform Equal Pay Day
The Post-reform Equal Pay Day is inspired by the Equal Pay Day that marks the gender pay gap (http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-190_en.htm).
Post-reform Equal Pay Day is a reminder of the unequal pay conditions affecting everyone who joined the European Institutions after the Kinnock Reform of 1 May 2004. The latest reform that took effect on 1 January 2014 has only made matters worse by introducing complications in the career structure, and by lowering the entry salary once again; more Continue reading Post-reform Equal Pay Day
The devil takes the hindmost
MAY 2014 – “The devil takes the hindmost” – Interview with MEP Ingeborg Grässle (IG), Member of the EP’s Budgetary Control Committee: How high-grade officials put the whole burden of cuts on the lower grades
G2004: Dr. Grässle, you have made a name for yourself as a tireless and hard-working campaigner against mismanagement and for more accountability in the EU institutions. What do you think of the changes brought about by the recent (2014) staff reform? Does it address the public criticism of benefits and privileges of (certain) EU civil servants? Continue reading The devil takes the hindmost
Dirty games and money for nothing
JULY 2014 – Dirty games and money for nothing (or “NEPOTISM REDEFINED” for the more discerning): How the EC used the veil of an internal competition to parachute the well-connected into top positions
The first results of the internal competitions were published on the Commission intranet. Hey ho! Like every fifth year it is again parachute-jumping season in the European Commission. Our HR pros, who say of themselves: “Our staff are dedicated to making the civil service of the European Union a modern, effective and dynamic organisation, fit for the challenges of the 21st century”, have again found a way to hand out the silken parachutes to the privileged few. Continue reading Dirty games and money for nothing
Candy Crush 2014
OCTOBER 2014 – Candy Crush 2014: How DG HR plans to circumvent the statute and use more EU admin budget to benefit top-earners without management responsibility
You may remember that in our June newsletter we had expressed the hope that the Commission would make positive use of the new provisions in the staff regulations, which (justifiably) limit the career progression of AD12+ staff without any management responsibility. Continue reading Candy Crush 2014
