Author Archive for: Vassilis Sklias

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.

During 2022, our legal expenses alone exceeded our entire budget! The defense of staff rights requires respect for legality. And legality has its cost, which we can assume only thanks to our members’ subscriptions.

The +4.5% annual update with effect from 1 July 2022 results from a precise application of the Method free from political interference; see →officials and temporary staff; →contract staff, along with a 3.2% increase in the Luxembourg minimum social wage from 1 Jan 2023.

Who will defend the dignity of the candidates and the dignity of the European civil service tomorrow? The first contact of citizens with the European institutions is a shocking experience hardly compatible with any idea of a public service.