Hereby, we would like to thank all voters who supported Generation 2004 in the elections to the LSC Petten, which took place 19-26 March 2026.
Moreover, we would like to thank all the Generation 2004 candidates for their committed engagement and sharing of ideas for Petten site.
The enthusiasm about the opportunity for change in the staff representation in Petten was strongly felt during the campaign. As Generation 2004 we supported appropriate staffing in Petten to maintain the viability of the site and suitable resources for the implementation and development of the work programme. We continued to push for the delivery of the new school in Alkmaar to the highest standards and in consultation with parents. We put forward proposals for tackling the difficulties encountered by staff in finding accommodations.
We are committed to discussing with the administration how to attract, retain and develop talent at JRC Petten. This includes fair recruitment; prior experience to be recognized; better promotion opportunities and reclassification for Contract Agents; better career opportunities and progression for all and equal pay for equal work.
Very high participation rate of 82% confirmed voters’ interest in such topics. Generation 2004 received a 19% of votes, however no couple was elected. Clearly the current electoral majoritarian system excludes 1/5 of voters from being represented which is contrary to democratic principles and values of the EU. In addition, the elections are still conducted via the paper voting, being one of the last sites having still solely paper vote.
We will continue our work and deliver quality staff representation services to the Petten colleagues.
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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 [5]: 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 [6] (here is the cover e-mail [7]).
As a background you can see the report of the Commission to the Council regarding the recruitment of the contract agents in 2010 [8] (in French, COM(2011)802 final 23.11.2011).
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