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.
In pandemic conditions, individual health protection is inseparable from community protection. Let us show solidarity! Click here to read our message.
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.
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.
One of the criteria required by the institution to recognise a trade union is its independence, guaranteed primarily by the subscriptions paid by its members. Click on the picture to see how expenses are broken down.
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.