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Politique de confidentialité
Cross-the-border commuter survey
The 2004-2012 Method: How our purchasing power has been eroded
During the eight and a half years period for which the Method for adjusting salaries and pensions was to be in force according to the 2004 Staff Regulations, there was a significant loss of purchasing power, mainly for staff in active employment.
Basic salaries in 2014
These are the pay grids for officials and temporary staff on the one hand and contract staff on the other, resulting from the 2014 Reform and the 0.8% pay adjustment which applies with effect from 2/07/2012.
1 May 2014
To reverse the trend and find the lost thread of social progress, the role of trade unions is irreplaceable.