Welcome to our third Newsletter edition. In this edition, we cover various topics that delve into the issues affecting EU staff, including career progression opportunities for Contract Agents [1], professional mobility [2], and training offers for EPSO [3] and Internal competitions [4]. Additionally, we explore the latest developments on teleworking from anywhere [5], and housing allowances in Luxembourg [6]. Meanwhile, we also examine the importance of mental health support for our children in European schools [7] and provide updates on pension FAQs [8]. Furthermore, we bring you recordings of recent conferences on AST and AST/SC promised change [9], temporary staff decision [10], and navigating JSIS [11], as well as a call to action from Generation 2004 [12] for a political concertation. We also answer to AST [13] and AST/SC [14] Frequently Asked Questions. Last but not least, stay tuned for our analysis on Internal competitions from 2025 to 2027 [15] and their potential impact on your career.
That’s all for now!
Enjoy the reading and get in touch [16] 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 [17] (‘indefinite’) and those with time-limited contracts [18], 3B [19]. CAs can belong to 4 different function groups (\'GF\') with different responsibilities and salaries [20].
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 [21]: 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 [22] (here is the cover e-mail [23]).
As a background you can see the report of the Commission to the Council regarding the recruitment of the contract agents in 2010 [24] (in French, COM(2011)802 final 23.11.2011).
Our articles on Contract Agents [25]
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