Inflation over the semester ending in December 2024 reached the 3% threshold. This triggers an intermediate update, calculated at 3%. The attached note sheds some light on a complex process. see the updated salary scales →officials and temporary staff; →contract staff, with links to the sources.
In 2023, our legal expenses certainly made up the largest part of our balance sheet, while remaining within reasonable limits. Our commitment to justice remains constant and constitutes a barrier to arbitrariness. Respect of legality has its cost, which we can only cover thanks to our members’ subscriptions.
Working conditions are aggravated without any information, let alone consultation, of staff representation. The staff in three translation Units are called to give up their fixed office and occupy one on a “first come, first served” basis. →Read more.
The salary update for 2023 occurred in two stages: intermediate +1.7%, residual annual +1.0. The latter coincided with an increase of the pension contribution rate by 1%, which resulted in a take-home pay around zero. → Read the flyer.
→ Evolution of pension contribution rate.
The Luxembourg social minimum wage (SSM) grows faster than our salary scales → for contract staff, and → for officials and temporary staff. The Court Administration has decided, like the European Parliament, to extend the ‘pay supplement’ to all basic salaries lower than the SSM by taking out of the balance the expatriation or foreign residence allowance, see → Consultation Conclusions.