The cracked image of the Court of Justice

Ambulant_EN 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.

2023: a +1.0% residual annual update and revised pay supplement

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 scalesfor 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.

Prorata temporis calculator

en-savoir-plus-pdf-fr For officials of grades AST 1 to AST 8, AD 5 to AD 11, SC: The calculator of the prorata temporis mechanism (attached Excel file) applies to your promotions, in the Court of Justice only. This mechanism was invented, defended and fine-tuned by EPSU-CJ, which guarantees its correct application. You may find an overview of the system in this PPT.

 

Intermediate salary update since January 2023

For a second consecutive year, inflation over the semester ending in December exceeded the 3% threshold. This triggers an intermediate update, calculated at 1.7%. 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.

The defense of legality has its cost!

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.

Pay supplement getting increasingly necessary

From the 1st of April, yet another indexation at the national level – In Luxembourg, wages follow inflation more closely than in European institutions. The ‘pay supplement’ (safety net) negotiated in 2017 with EPSU-CJ now reaches →grade 3 of contract staff, and even →grade AST/SC 1.

The updated salary grid

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.

Joining the Public Service if you’re allowed to by a subcontractor

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.

+4.5% Residual annual salary update 2022

explanatory flyerThe 50th year of the Pay Adjustment Method, in its latest automatic version, has demonstrated its ability to stay the course in crisis conditions. Watch our oral presentation ; Read ourexplanatory flyer; and an authentic history of “the Method”, VOX Magazine (FR-EN-DE).