The Luxembourg minimum social wage (SSM) will be increased by 2.8% from 1-1-2021. Therefore, it will have a stronger impact on the pay supplement (in FR) negotiated in 2017 by EPSU-CJ in favour of our colleagues whose salaries fall below the national legal minimum. The extent of this impact is illustrated in the salary grids for officials & temporary staff, and those for contract staff.
The sanitary crisis has triggered the exception clause, which will be applied for the first time in its 2014 Staff Regulations version. Luckily, the exception clause is no longer left to the subjective assessment of the institutions, which in the past had raised social unrest. You may find here explanations on the working of the Method. In VOX Nr 117, you can find an overview of how the 6th method has worked so far (in FR).
The rules on subsidising season tickets, which the Court of Justice adopted by skipping social dialogue, happen to be more restrictive than those of the Commission. Social dialogue matters!
We are inviting you to upload your photo to the organisation chart on the institution’s intranet site and to your email address. Please click on the faceless image to read further.
EPSU CJ held its annual general meeting in accordance with the specific arrangements related to the health crisis. It set out its goals for the coming period. In addition, it approved its accounts. Contributions, a guarantee of independence, are growing steadily. Click on the picture to see how expenses are broken down.
The Grand-Ducal Regulation of 20 March 2020 enabled associations to hold their General Meeting in videoconference until 30 June 2020. EPSU-CJ members will find here a notice convening two General Meetings, as well as their practical arrangements (in FR).
To enable colleagues under compulsory telework to cope with their overlapping duties, the expected output must be adapted to each person’s material and family conditions, particularly for parents with children under 12.
Since 2014, the Staff Regulations no longer leave it to the institutions to determine whether or not there has been “a serious and sudden deterioration in the economic and social situation”. Instead, they set objective criteria for this.
By terminating the 1996 Agreement with the Luxembourgish Hospitals the Commission has left behind a legal vacuum. Now, it’s the PMO that decides! And it decides to abolish generalised direct billing for inpatients. How did we get here? EPSU CJ provides answers.
As from 1 March 2020, public transportation within the GD of Luxembourg will be free of charge. But what about cross-border commuters ? It turns out that in some cases it will be more expensive than before!