Welcome to the Generation 2004 Newsletter of 17 June 2022.
Promotions, Promotions, Promotions!!! The promotion proposals season is upon us and the list of proposed colleagues will soon be published. If your name is on the list, congratulation, you will most surely be promoted this year. However, if you are not proposed but you believe you should be, then there is still hope because you may appeal against the non-proposal decision! In this case, to maximize your Promotion chances on appeal phase, make sure join us today in our conference on how to draft your appeal [1]. We hope to see you there!
In today’s edition we also delve into the Local Agents hiring practices in the EU Delegations [2] and how the current state of affairs demotivates colleagues big way.
We cast an eye over the current two crisis in the European Schools. In Brussels, two potentially damning reorganization plans are now under discussion [3]; we look into the matter and explain what is at stake. The second crisis, that affects all European Schools is related to the precarious employment conditions of the locally recruited teachers [4].
Further, we look into a few things that make Contract Agents very frustrated [5] with how the Commission treats them.
IT security is also covered, especially how the recently launched mandatory training and related policies seem to be a bit off the mark [6].
Finally, in older but still worthy news, we cover how Generation 2004’s proposal to reform the very defective Luxembourg Local Staff Committee electoral system, fell short of just a handful of votes [7] to be adopted. It’s disappointing but we will not give up the fight!
That’s it now for now! Enjoy the reading and get in touch [8] if you believe we can help!
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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 [13]: 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 [14] (here is the cover e-mail [15]).
As a background you can see the report of the Commission to the Council regarding the recruitment of the contract agents in 2010 [16] (in French, COM(2011)802 final 23.11.2011).
Our articles on Contract Agents [17]
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