Author Archive for: Vassilis Sklias
Entries by Vassilis Sklias
The Method: a trade union achievement to defend
Our Method for adjusting pay and pensions has had a 50-year-long turbulent history. The automaticity acquired with its sixth version (2014) is now challenged by a health crisis, followed by a war and an energy crisis. The staff will have to be ready to defend it.
Transforming the housing crisis into a crisis of the European Public Service?
No, thank you! By a Motion adopted unanimously on 17.05.2022, the Chamber of Deputies took a position on the attractiveness of the Luxembourg site. Read our file : The art of transforming the housing crisis in a crisis of the European public service. An update of our PowerPoint Correction coefficient made simple. Finally, a short legal note: No Luxembourg correction coefficient is possible without revising the Staff Regulations.
+2.4% Intermediate salary update from 1 Jan 2022
A high rate of inflation recorded in the 2nd semester 2021 triggered an intermediate update of remuneration and pensions. See →oral presentation ; →explanatory flyer; updated salary grids for →officials and temporary staff; →contract staff; and an authentic history of “the Method”, VOX Magazine (FR-EN-DE).
Litigation instead of social dialog
Did legal action cost too much? In the absence of social dialog, the institution uses all procedural expedients to thwart our legitimate claims, which could have been resolved by social dialog or by an amicable settlement.
Vaccination is an act of solidarity
In pandemic conditions, individual health protection is inseparable from community protection. Let us show solidarity! Click here to read our message.
2021 Salaries update: +1.9%
After a sharp recession during the reference period 2019-20, the European Union’s GDP has returned to growth. However, the 2.5% component suspended last year will not be repaid until GDP reaches its pre-crisis level. See video presentation, an explanatory flyer and an authentic history of “the Method”, VOX Magazine (FR-EN-DE).
—See updated salary grids for →officials and temporary staff; →contract staff.
Post-lockdown working at home
In light of the lockdown experience, which forced generalised teleworking, the system is undergoing important changes. Here are the main points and our first reactions.