Welcome to the 14 May 2020 Generation 2004 Newsletter.
Many hundreds of colleagues have signed our petition for a coronavirus special leave for parents with young children. We thank those who did enormously! Especially to those that, not having young children, have shown their support by signing it. In this issue of our Newsletter we call again on colleagues who have not done so, to sign this petition and help us show the Commission Administration that good intentions are not enough and that objective and concrete measures must be taken as fast as possible.
We also cover the grave situation regarding the removal of the Luxembourg based CHAFEA executive agency and its surrounding social dialogue, or rather Social Monologue, also simply known as the Monologue, due to its rather thin social component…
Finally, we revisit the subject of compensation for standby work; had first covered it in the September edition of our Newsletter.
Stay safe and do not hesitate to contact us if you feel we could be of assistance.
Rahm Emanuel, a former White House Chief of staff, is known for his quote about crisis management:
*Update 16.01.2025 unfortunately, we’re unable to find anything written, so this is an unwritten rule, stated in a committee meeting in late 2024. Those of you well enough to work but not well enough to do ‘voluntary’ standby duty (DGT, for example) can be (temporarily) excused from standby: get in touch with the Medical Service. Again, the mental gymnastics needed to continue to insist that this unpaid standby duty is ‘voluntary’. This is especially frustrating when we see that this time doesn’t even count towards the time already ‘