Newsletter #8 – Oct 2014

Report on career equivalence

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G2004 Newsletter #8

Those of you who were already working for the institutions at the time will probably remember the Commission report on the principle of equivalence published in 2011.

This report made a mockery of the impact of the 2004 reform by failing to compare the (still growing) gap between pre and post-2004 careers. Now that the 2004 staff regulations have come to an end, it would be worth doing a final assessment of the impact of this reform, in order to set the record straight. Moreover, the 2011 report made it clear that Continue reading Report on career equivalence →

Generation Edith Cresson: how to ensure beyond any reasonable doubt that none of the elite suffers any hunger-pains

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Talking about privileged officials (some dare to call them “fat cats”, one wonders why), a transitional measure of the 2014 reform of the staff regulations that has received little attention thus far, is the creation of 2 new steps for AD12 and AD13 grades. AD13s, for instance, will now be able to reach step 7, instead of the maximum of step 5 before 1 January 2014. In financial terms, this will translate into a monthly salary almost €500 higher than what was possible before. As a result, the beneficiaries will be able to reach the same salary as an AD14 step 1 with no need for a promotion. They will mostly be senior AD12/AD13, many of them having already reached the end of career grade of A4/8 before the 2004 reform, in case they are not able to land upon a “Senior Expert” (see above) position. Continue reading Generation Edith Cresson: how to ensure beyond any reasonable doubt that none of the elite suffers any hunger-pains →

Welcome to Candyland: an in-depth look at how DG HR is attempting to circumnavigate the statute as far as the so-called “blockage of careers” is concerned

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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. This should come as no surprise when at present; these two grades on their own consume a whopping chunk (see graphs below) of the Commission’s global monthly/annual pay packet!

We had suggested, or rather dreamt naively, that the ‘saved’ promotions should be used to benefit the career-development of post-2004 staff whose careers have been systematically wrecked by the 2004 reform and existing promotion practices. Continue reading Welcome to Candyland: an in-depth look at how DG HR is attempting to circumnavigate the statute as far as the so-called “blockage of careers” is concerned →

…… and finally some lighter moments

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G2004 message song of the month (with kind permission) – click here                 , sit back, turn up the volume and listen well (P.S. don’t forget to work for an extra 3 minutes 58 second before you go home today).

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