Here is the presentation [1](note that the timetable for reclassification [2] is slightly different) and here is the recording [3]. To access you must be connected to ECAS, and some browsers work better than others. If you have any difficulties, contact us [4] and we’ll send the presentation to you.)
If you expect to be promoted/reclassified in 2022 or even just want to understand what happens behind the scenes between the self-assessment and the publication of the draft lists in June, this is the event for you: we will shed some light on the mystery [5]! This builds on our recent presentation on the self-assessment [6] where we offered one-to-one assistance.This latest presentation is, for example, if you want to know more about :
- the decision chain and the bodies involved,
- your chances of getting a promotion/reclassification [1],
- how to successfully file an appeal in June
The annual promotion and reclassification decisions are taken by the Appointing Authority (AIPN), on the basis of
- proposals by each DG;
- recommendations by a Joint Promotion (or reclassification) Committee (JPC).
DGs and JPCs must determine who deserves a promotion/reclassification on the basis of a comparison of merits. While all officials and temporary agents (even Contract Agents 3b [7]!) might take part in the appraisal exercise. Only those who are eligible for promotion/reclassification (for officials, those who have been in the grade for at least 2 years) take part in the promotion/reclassification exercises.
The comparison of merits on which the promotion procedure is based takes into account:
- the appraisal reports since the last promotion or, failing that, since recruitment [2]
- the use of languages in the execution of duties
- the level of responsibilities exercised (to be taken into consideration on a systematic basis alongside the two other elements and not just “where applicable”, as stated in the 2004 version of Article 45).
Unfortunately, the system is more than a little flawed [8] and the system of quotas [9] can make or break [10] your promotion/reclassification dreams.
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[1] The average promotion speeds for officials are laid down in the staff regulations Annex I.B [11] and here is our chart [12] with those percentages converted to years. Contract Agent (3a) promotion speeds can be found on page 3 of this document [13]. Unfortunately, CA 3b staff cannot be reclassified [7], meaning their appraisal has no rewards associated with it.
[2] Probation reports cannot and should not be used for promotion purposes [14].
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Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (\'Staff Regulations [15] (SR)\') are rules stating:
• fundamental conditions of service
• basic rights, duties and obligations of staff.
The SR have been reformed x 2 (so far):
• 2004 (Kinnock White paper)
• 2014 (Regulation 1023/2013 [16])
For a summary of stated intentions and real outcomes of those two reforms check out: European Court of Auditors, 2019, Special report no 15/2019 [17]: Implementation of the 2014 staff reform package at the Commission – Big savings but not without consequences for staff
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Contract Agents (CAs) were created by the 2004 Staff Regulations Reform. There are two types of CA: those with unlimited contracts, 3A [18] (‘indefinite’) and those with time-limited contracts [19], 3B [20]. CAs can belong to 4 different function groups (\'GF\') with different responsibilities and salaries [21].
As the use of contract staff becomes increasingly common, there has been a corresponding increase in the diversity of status and pay of the Commission’s workforce. For example, GFIV contract staff meeting the same minimum recruitment requirements (education and experience) as junior administrators may earn 28 % less. (European Court of Auditors, 2019, Special report no 15/2019 [17]: Implementation of the 2014 staff reform package at the Commission – Big savings but not without consequences for staff, point 61, page 34)
We have a working group dedicated to the dossier, and in December 2012 we addressed the first of many letters (\'notes\') about Contract Agents to Human Resources of all Institutions and agencies [22] (here is the cover e-mail [23]).
As a background you can see the report of the Commission to the Council regarding the recruitment of the contract agents in 2010 [24] (in French, COM(2011)802 final 23.11.2011).
Our articles on Contract Agents [25]
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