The Luxembourg housing allowance is finally there! If you are eligible, then you should see it in your payslip for July 2025, under the code “LUX”. We will not repeat the detailed conditions that you must fulfil to receive it: you can look them up Staff Centre.
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Working conditions
EEAS: Modernisation of the Delegation Network: What’s Really Happening?
A major restructuring of the EU Delegation network is underway and while management frames it as a “modernisation,” many staff are left with more questions than answers. At the end of May 2025, key representatives from the EEAS and Commission services presented an overview of “the modernisation of the EU Delegation network” to the TUSA (Trade Union and Staff Associations). Continue reading EEAS: Modernisation of the Delegation Network: What’s Really Happening?
EEAS: “One Day Only?” The Battle Over Teleworking Rights for Local Agents
In an era where “flexibility” is a buzzword and remote work a norm, local agents (LAs) in Delegations find themselves limited to just one day of teleworking per week. That’s the core of the draft decision currently being debated inside EEAS, in a growing wave of staff disappointment.
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Marriage or Partnership? When EU Law Falls Behind Member States
*Update 02.07.2025 we have corrected several points in the article below and apologise for any confusion caused.*
Original article: Have you ever wondered why, in a progressive and inclusive European Union, your registered partnership – fully recognised by your region or Member State as equivalent to marriage – may still be treated as ‘less than’ by the EU institutions’ social security systems?
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Summer holiday 2025 checklist (Tips)
For those of you who remain in the office keeping the Commission standing (thanks!), please check out the heatwave instructions for dealing with hot Offices and the list of buildings to be temporarily closed under Buildings Energy Saving Together (BEST) 2025[1]. Read our related article on how these closures undermine that working from home is voluntary.*
Child Allowance and Scholarships – When the Commission gets tangled up in its own bureaucracy
Staff members with dependent children receive a household allowance, a dependent child allowance and, under certain conditions, an education allowance. For adult children between the ages of 18 and 26, the continued payment of these allowances and further tax reductions are subject to the adult child receiving educational or vocational training. Continue reading Child Allowance and Scholarships – When the Commission gets tangled up in its own bureaucracy
Job Mobility for Contract Agent 3a Staff in Offices: From Better Visibility to Real Opportunities
Assessing the current situation. Despite existing frameworks for job mobility (as discussed in a previous article), the experience of Contract Agents (CA) under Article 3a of CEOS, particularly those working in the Commission’s Offices[*], reveals persistent structural shortcomings.
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UPDATE: It’s all about our rights!
Update as of 12.05.2025 May 2025: some of you asked me for un updates for the case. A very good idea! The case T-108/24 (about the disciplinary sanction and the disciplinary procedure) was subject of a public hearing at the Tribunal on 6.05.2025.
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Conference: tackling even more pension-rights questions
*Update 07.11.2025, thanks to the almost 130 colleagues who attended this event! We have updated the FAQs with your questions! Here’s the presentation and the recording. For the guest speaker presentation please click here to request it.*
Original article: No previous knowledge required! Come along and ask any questions you like! If we don’t already have your question in our FAQs, we’ll add it!
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Post-Election ORIGAMI Competition
After “enjoying” a lengthy period of numerous elections, we thought that you deserve a bit of lighter communications and topic. Our Offices have been decorated with electoral posters from the garages to the rooftops. Now, something has to be done about it.
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