Welcome to the twelfth edition of the Generation 2004 Newsletter for 2024. In this edition, we cover key topics including addressing staff concerns [1] and mobility [2] in the EEAS. We congratulate those involved in the Contract Agents Reclassification Exercise 2024 [3] and discuss reducing budgetary losses while granting fairer contracts [4].
Our long read covers the first Staff Regulation reform [5].
If you could not attend our free conference on Contract Agents career and review of the Temporary Staff decision [6], we recorded it for you. As the elections for staff representatives approach, we inform you about who we are and why your vote matters [7].
Additionally, check out our End-of-Year Checklist 2024 [8], and don’t miss the recording of our Lunchtime Conferences with inspiring guest speakers on unlocking the power of humor [9] at work and why you don’t have to wait for retirement to pursue your dreams [10]. We also recorded our free training on internal competitions [11] (AD5/AD6/AST2/ASTSC2).
Finally, let’s book our agenda for the future conference on 2025 Appraisal, Promotion, and Reclassification Exercises [12] and take advantage of 10 Days of Teleworking from outside [13] your place of employment.
That’s all for now!
Enjoy the reading and get in touch [14] if you believe we can help!
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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 [15] (‘indefinite’) and those with time-limited contracts [16], 3B [17]. CAs can belong to 4 different function groups (\'GF\') with different responsibilities and salaries [18].
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 [19]: 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 [20] (here is the cover e-mail [21]).
As a background you can see the report of the Commission to the Council regarding the recruitment of the contract agents in 2010 [22] (in French, COM(2011)802 final 23.11.2011).
Our articles on Contract Agents [23]
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