Eurostat has published its 2020 report on the yearly salary update. While in the recent past this update was essentially a percentage number, this year the exception clause introduced in the 2014 staff regulations, will be triggered for the first time.
The relevant provisions regarding the exception clause are in Annex XI, Chapter 5, ‘moderation and exception clauses’ of the Staff Regulations. The provisions do not make for easy reading for non-lawyers, but essentially the exception clause consists of two ingredients:
- A decrease in the European Union’s gross domestic product (GDP)
- A positive specific indicator
Continue reading 2020 The yearly salary update: time for the exception clause
As mostly every year (yes, we still remember the great salary freeze brought upon us by the 2014 
