There is no specific order to the resources below.
eTranslation is available within the Commission
Jargon and abbreviations
- European Court of Auditors, 2016, Misused English words and expressions in EU publications
- DGT Work resources
- Luxembourg Local Staff Committee, List of joint committee names and abbreviations
- Publications Office, Interinstitutional style guide
- SGnet, Jargon, acronyms, glossaries…
Working time and hybrid working
- Staff Matters Working time and flexitime
- Commission Decision of 24 March 2022 on working time and hybrid working (related documents and FAQ) * 12.2023 here is the first official WTHW evaluation
- Central Staff Committee extracts from correspondence 2022
- Derogations
- DG ESTAT/Eurostat 02/06/2022 (2022)4108706
- Publications Office 20/05/2022 (2022)3824967
- Drivers 10/06/2022 (2022)4312706
- Derogations
- DG-level guidelines (in the ongoing absence of Commission-wide guidelines)
Working conditions
- Building regulations: housing conditions manuals
- Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union: deadline of transposition: 1 August 2022
- Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers: deadline of transposition: 2 August 2022
- Permanent Delegation of Translators (DPT), 2021, Summer Opinion Survey
- Professor Légeron, Burnout a workplace disease?, 2014
- Commission newcomers web portal
Staff regulation reform
- Council of the European Union Brussels, 13.07.2022,
Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 11075/22 - Commission en plus, 20.06-26.06.2008, The new appraisal and promotion system for 2009 [‘rucksack’]
- Commission en plus, 04.07 -10.07.2008, The revised appraisal and promotion system for 2009 [‘rucksack’]
- Council of the European Union, 2011, Report to the European Parliament and the Council on the equivalence between old and new career structures, 8547/11
- DG HR, 2017, Mobility and types of posts – AST officials
- European Commission, 2011, Q&A: Staff Reform, MEMO/11/907
- European Commission, 2000, Reforming the Commission : A White Paper- Part I Communication from Mr. KINNOCK in agreement with the PRESIDENT and Ms. SCHREYER
- European Commission, 2000, Reforming the Commission : A White Paper- Part II action plan, (COM(2000) 200 final)
- European Commission, 2011, Report to the European Parliament and the Council equivalence between old and new career structures, Article 6 of the staff regulations COM(2011) 171/2
- European Commission, 2021, Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council assessing the functioning of the Staff Regulations of officials and the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Union (COM(2021) 439 final)
- European Court of Auditors, 2019, Special report no 15/2019: Implementation of the 2014 staff reform package at the Commission – Big savings but not without consequences for staff
- European Court of Auditors, 2020, Special Report 23/2020: The European Personnel Selection Office: Time to adapt the selection process to changing recruitment needs.
- European Court of Auditors, 2024, Special Report 24/2024: EU Civil service A flexible employment framework, insufficiently used to improve workforce management (and replies)
- Juncker, J. C., 2017, State of the Union address ‘In a Union of equals, there can be no second class workers. Workers should earn the same pay for the same work in the same place.’
- Staff Regulations of officials
- Staff Regulations: Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Union (CEOS) (alternatively, from p. 184 in the PDF, or immediately after Annex XIII.1 (check the menu on the left of the HTML document). The CEOS goes together with the 2017 general implementing rules (GIPs)
- Reform of the Staff Regulations 2013
- Staff Regulations before 2004: Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities
- Staff Regulations before 2004: Conditions of Employment of other servants of the European Communities
Figures/data
- DG Budget, 2022, Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022: Working document Part II
- DG HR, Annual activity reports on years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- DG HR, General Report on the activities of Human Resources and Security, HR in 2011 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (no 2021 edition: discontinued)
- DG HR, 2015, 2016- 2023 Key Figures
- DG HR Pulse surveys
- DG HR survey results: Reports/metrics
- DG HR, Statistical Bulletin – HR – October 2023
- pay calculator
Investigation and Disciplinary Office of the Commission (IDOC)
- Annual reports 2004. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Practical guide on procedures in administrative inquiries, predisciplinary and disciplinary proceedings 2019
Harassment/bullying
- Central Staff Committee extracts from correspondence 2022 06/07/2022 (2022)4924781 Psychosocial risks at the Commission
- DG HR, Survey on respect in the workplace Report of the results, 31.05.2022 (note that there is also a 19.05.2022 version of this report but we do not find it available online).
- DG HR, Combat inappropriate behaviour, promote inclusion: Bystander Intervention, 30.05.2022
- European Commission C(2006) 1624/3 Commission decision on the European Commission policy on protecting the dignity of the person and preventing psychological harassment and sexual harassment
- European Commission, 2.1 Summary of the anti-harassment package 25.10.22 other survey-related statistics are also available
- Generation 2004 article has a resource list at the bottom.
- Harassment Watch Network, 2020, Deficiencies of the anti-harassment policy of the European Commission and elements of a true reform: Working papers of the Harassment Watch Network, Volume 1
- HWN, 2021, Abuse of the annual appraisal exercise (“CDR”) in the European Commission as tool of psychological harassment with recommendations how to prevent this and better protect the targetted colleagues: second analytical paper
- HWN, 2021, Comments of the Harassment Watch Network on the draft HR strategy
- HWN, 2022, Expectations of the Harassment Watch Network with regard to a new Commission Anti-harassment Decision
- HWN, 2022, My Commission Calvary: Testimonies of harassment at the European Commission
- Hellemans, Dal Cason, and Casini, Bystander Helping Behavior in Response to Workplace Bullying, September 2017
- Mediation Service, 2020, Annual Activity Report
- Myintracomm, Au Quotidien, Commission Mediation Service sees drop in cases: Annual report highlights impact of lockdowns, makes recommendations (see especially the comments below this article)
- Safe Work Australia, Dealing with workplace bullying – a worker’s guide, 2016
- Seytre Dominique, 2023, d’Lëtzebuerger Land: Chroniques de la Cour, Intouchables
- Wikipedia, Orange S.A. suicides (Also known as ‘ France Telecom trial’)
- World Bank Group, Ethics and business conduct annual report 2021
- Zorbas Gerassimos, Le harcèlement Droits européen, belge, français et luxembourgeois, 2010
Disability
- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFREU), Articles 21, 34, 35
- Council Directive 2000/78/EC Employment Equality Directive
- Disability mapping of EU institutions, 2019
- EEAS, Post reports & Accessiblity for persons with a disability
- European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Guidelines concerning the processing of health data in the workplace by Community institutions and bodies of September 2009 risk of discrimination based on health conditions (p.9)
- European Commission, Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, 03.03.2021.
- European Social Charter (ESC), articles 12 and 13
- Treaty on European Union (TEU), preamble
- Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Article 151
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)
- UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recommended ‘that the EU revise its Joint Sickness and Insurance Scheme [JSIS] so as to comprehensively cover disability-related health needs in a manner which is compliant with the Convention’ (Concluding observations on the initial report of the EU, CRPD/C/EU/CO/1, paragraph 87).
COVID-19
- Eurofound, 2020, Living, working and COVID-19
- Eurofound, 2021 [forthcoming, March], COVID-19: Implications for employment and working life
- JRC, 2021, What did we learn from schooling practices during the COVID-19 lockdown?
Office for the Administration and Payment of Individual Entitlements (PMO)
- PMO.3 General Implementing Provisions for the reimbursement of medical expenses and the codes, September 2008
Attractiveness of Luxembourg/cost of living
- AIRINC, 2019, Study on the cost of living for EU staff posted in Luxembourg
- Deloitte, 2020, Property Index
- European Commission Corporate Management Board, Corporate Management Board meeting of 30 March 2022 – Flash note: ’12 actions are being proposed to increase the attractiveness of Luxembourg as place of employment’
- European Commission Luxembourg local staff committee, 2020, Message of the LSC President to Commissioner Hahn / Message du Président du CLP au Commissaire Hahn
- Eurostat, Supplement to the Eurostat Report on the 2022 annual update of remuneration and pensions of EU officials (Ares(2022)7508219-28/10/2022): Table 2 (p.13) gives a nominal correction coefficient of 124.8% for Luxembourg
- Luxembourg local staff committee, 2020, Renunciation of the agreement with Luxembourgish hospitals Federation
- Luxembourg Times, 24.6.2021, Luxembourg’s housing costs 70% above EU average
- Luxembourg Times, 3.6.2021, Luxembourg’s high salaries offset by living costs
Appraisal/promotion/career development review (CDR) [note modifications in 2011/12 and 2023]
- Commission Decision on procedures for dealing with professional incompetence, C(2019) 6855 final, 2019
- Commission Decision laying down general provisions for implementing Article 43 of the Staff Regulations and implementing the first paragraph of Article 44 of the Staff Regulations, C(2013)8985, 2013
- Managing underperformance overview, 2019
- Career Development Review practical guide for jobholders, 2008
- Guidance for Reporting Officers, 2018
- Practical guide for CDR managers (human resources managers), 2008
- Performance management tool
- Harassment Watch Network (HWN) 2021, Abuse of the annual appraisal exercise (“CDR”) in the European Commission as tool of psychological harassment with recommendations how to prevent this and better protect the targetted colleagues: second analytical paper
- How to maintain and improve staff performance, Best Practice Guide, 2019)
