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Teleworking abroad in 2022? Here is the easy solution!

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*update 19.02.2022: unfortunately the 14th edition of the teleworking guidelines (valid from 21.02.2022) have not applied the simple solutions Generation 2004 suggested below.*

We have listened to all of you who contacted us to enquire about teleworking from abroad/outside the place of employment (TWA) for this year. Many would like to have at least the same arrangements as last year so that they can request their 10 days of TWA now, while planning for the school holidays of Carnival and Easter. If not, it would be good to at least know exactly what the rules are: you are planning the year ahead: you need certainty! Continue reading Teleworking abroad in 2022? Here is the easy solution! →

Flexibility days 2022 now available to request

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For those of you keen to plan the year ahead and organising things to look forward to, note that the 2022 flexibility days are now listed on MyIntracomm and available to request in sysper. These are the three public holidays every year where you can choose to work and have the days back as annual leave [1]. Perhaps this is not an option for you at the moment, but it’s good to know that this possibility exists. Continue reading Flexibility days 2022 now available to request →

Let’s walk together!

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Generation 2004 cares about your wellbeing.

To prove it, in the last two years alone we have organised several initiatives offered by colleagues to staff, and have pushed for policies in this area:

Continue reading Let’s walk together! →

Newsletter editorial – 28-01-2022

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Welcome to the third Generation 2004 Newsletter of 2022. Those of you who joined us in taking action against the internal competition will have received confirmation that you are not eligible, we set out the next steps here.  Having found nothing out there already that serves the needs of AST/SCs we have decided to launch a forum: why not join? We have a look at the rules for activities outside the Commission (or after the Commission).

We again invite you to participate in our ongoing survey on your utility bills, this is your chance to provide concrete examples! Get your bills out, tell us how the additional costs of teleworking are affecting you!

To those of you still working on writing your self-assessment, we are still here to help! And to those of you preparing for the dialogue part of the process, we remind you that we have some tips.

Again, remember that you have only until Monday 31.01.2022 to request the transfer of annual leave remaining from 2021: please don’t lose days if you can avoid it!

So, that’s it for this edition, thanks to all of you for your support, ideas and feedback: please keep it coming!

Take care, stay healthy and enjoy reading!

The AST/SC Forum – please join us!

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Dear colleagues, irrespective of your category, function group and grade, you are welcome to join the recently created AST/SC Forum in Teams!

What is the AST/SC Forum?

This is a truly open democratic forum where all staff members – not only secretaries and clerks (AST/SCs) – can freely and without any censorship exchange different views and ideas. Continue reading The AST/SC Forum – please join us! →

Update: internal competition COM/AD/02/21 (AD5) – Art. 90(2) complaint

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*update 18.07.2022: anyone who wishes to protest against any internal competition (e.g. COM/AST4/2022 (​AST4)) can follow the same process as that set out below. Apply then appeal (as below) and then get in touch with us.*

The non-eligibility decision for COM/AD/02/21 (AD5) was sent out on 25.01.2022, please check your EPSO account.

For example, this is the decision that a member of Generation 2004 has received:

Continue reading Update: internal competition COM/AD/02/21 (AD5) – Art. 90(2) complaint →

Would you like to undertake other activities outside your current job in the Commission?

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*Update 27.0302025: Under certain circumstanaces you can work elsewhere while in receipt of an invalidity allowance: ‘Persons in receipt of an invalidity allowance may not engage in gainful employment without the prior authorisation of the Appointing Authority. Any income from such gainful employment which, in combination with the invalidity allowance, exceeds the final Continue reading Would you like to undertake other activities outside your current job in the Commission? →

Newsletter editorial – 21-01-2022

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Welcome to the second Generation 2004 Newsletter of 2022 and to the end of the third week back at work for most of us. We invite you to participate in our only-just-published survey on your utility bills and to read our corresponding article on the additional costs of working from home, this time in the context of the rising energy prices. We have an event planned for next week (27.01.2022), where you can discuss all and everything related to this topic, bring your bills! Tell us how the costs are affecting you!

To those of you writing your self-assessment, we are still here to help! And to those of you preparing for the dialogue part of the process, here are some tips.

We have a further event organised on the ongoing move to an open-plan, hot-desking set-up (03.02.2022): while this may not seem to be particularly relevant while the vast majority of us continue to work from home, this process continues unchanged and this may well be the set-up that many of us will go back to.

We remind you that you have until 31.01.2022 to request the transfer of annual leave remaining from 2021: please don’t lose days if you can avoid it!

A big thank you to those of you who got in touch about the article on the increase in step to give us a concrete example of how Contract Agents might see no additional salary even after several steps (we added the example to the article).

So, that’s it for this second edition, thanks to all of you for your support, ideas and feedback: please keep it coming!

Take care, stay healthy and enjoy reading!

Update 25.01.2022: internal competition COM/AD/02/21 (AD5) – what’s next?

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*25.01.2021Rejection letters are out, please let us know whether you took action and we can coordinate on the  next steps*

Thanks to all of you who answered our December call to action in response to yet another very discriminatory internal competition (COM/AD/02/21 (AD5)) which excludes over 16 000 potentially eligible candidates. Yes, we also noticed that the ‘talent screener’ was simply a request for permission and your staff number. We have a Microsoft Teams group on this topic, come and join the discussion! Continue reading Update 25.01.2022: internal competition COM/AD/02/21 (AD5) – what’s next? →

It’s only for 2 days a week! hot-desking and buildings

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How much does the move to hot-desking (‘dynamic’) and open-plan Offices matter with the move to hybrid working? It will only be 40% presence in any given week, you can tolerate 2 days, right? And we’re not going back to the office just yet, so it’s not a worry for the moment! Regardless, the move to hot-desking and open-plan offices for thousands of staff continues apace during a pandemic that is showing no sign of slowing. Have you considered what that entails? Continue reading It’s only for 2 days a week! hot-desking and buildings →