*Please see the frequently asked questions (FAQs [1]) from our promotion appeals conference [2] on how to draft your appeal.*
Every year, the promotion and reclassification [3] procedures, for officials and Contract Agents (CAs) respectively, go through several stages to culminate in formal recognition (or not) for the job performed during the previous years. During the first stage, your DG’s hierarchy put together draft reclassification lists according to the DG quota distribution, and discussed those lists with the staff representation (trade unions and staff associations (OSPs)). This first stage is now over and the DG reclassification lists will be published in Sysper on Tuesday 22 June [4]! Please consult Sysper and check whether you are proposed for reclassification.
If you are proposed for reclassification – Congratulations!!!
For those of you not proposed, there is still another opportunity to grasp a desired reclassification. A small amount (5% of the overall quota) will be proposed on appeal by the Joint Reclassification Committees in October, where Generation 2004 participates.
If you are not proposed for reclassification, and you feel the reason is not related to your performance but to other reasons: mobility, parental/maternity leave, change of line manager, personal conflicts etc., you may file an appeal in Sysper.
Please be aware that you must file your appeal within 5 working days from the date of publication of the proposal lists (normally Tuesday 29 June (Wednesday 30 for Luxembourg: happy national day!)).
Your appeal will be examined by the committee and may result in your name being added to the list of reclassification proposals. Ultimately however, it is the Appointing Authority that takes the decision to promote members of staff.
As usual Generation 2004 will assist colleagues by reviewing draft appeals and offering advice on how to improve your appeal text. To do so, please register via our online form and we will then contact you to let you know who from our team will work with you and to arrange for a meeting if you prefer to talk to us.
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Please beware that it is up to you to draft your (short) appeal and we will review your draft but, due the number of cases and the shortness of the period, we are unable to write it for you or with you. To help you get started please feel free to download and use our template.
For any other questions do not hesitate to ask us [7].
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The next steps in the 2021 reclassification [4] and promotion [8] exercises are:
- mid-November: publication of final lists in (check administrative notices [9] or email
- December: changes visible in pay slip.
See DG HR, 2021, Human Resources in 2020 [10] 
p. 97 point 2 for figures on reclassification.
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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 [11] (‘indefinite’) and those with time-limited contracts [12], 3B [13]. CAs can belong to 4 different function groups (\'GF\') with different responsibilities and salaries [14].
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 [15]: 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 [16] (here is the cover e-mail [17]).
As a background you can see the report of the Commission to the Council regarding the recruitment of the contract agents in 2010 [18] (in French, COM(2011)802 final 23.11.2011).
Our articles on Contract Agents [19]
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