Welcome to this, the 17th and final edition of the Generation 2004 Newsletter for 2022. We wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year with a message from our chair [1]. Generation 2004 is now 10 years old [2] and we are happy with the most recent election results [3]. We share a potential quick fix [4] for those with internal-competition [5] language issues and we look at the additional and unreported costs related to the renewal of the laissez-passer [6]. Our Harassment Watch Network colleagues have a new publication [7] to coincide with the new anti-harassment framework and we provide an update on DG GROW [8]. As ever, we proposed an end-of-year checklist [9] for you and an invitation to our event on drafting your self-evaluation [10]. In other news, our contract agent colleague has won his case against the Commission, well done! The Commission was wrong to apply the poast-2014 pension accrual and retirement age on him (‘Picard case [11]’). HR has now shared draft general guidelines [12] to the Working Time and Hybrid Working (WTHW) decision.
Enjoy the reading and get in touch [13] if you believe we can help!