INTERNAL COMPETITIONS - ART.90 claim models

On 04^th February, R&D has invited you to attend a meeting to review the whole procedure and guide them through the steps of their appeal. Thank you for being here! Thus, as already for external assistance related to business Glantenay and Pachtitis, lawyers R&D have prepared Art.90 claim models to be available to unsuccessful applicants in these competitions. These models are available to ALL candidates excluded under these competitions AD and AST. Indeed, at the injustice of these procedures, R&D refuses that this should build on actions and soliciting patronage! However, our assistance doesn't stop there. Since each case deserves special attention, we will provide you with personalised advice and an individual follow-up case by case.

New Staff Regulations: presentation on JRC Intranet

In case you couldn't attend the presentation about the new Staff Regulations given last week by the JRC Human Resources, you can find it at this link
At the following link, you can also find a list of questions and their respective answers related to some aspects affecting careers.
As already anticipated in a previous message, we are preparing a series of art. 90 complaints to be lodged against the most critical aspects of the new Staff Regulations.
These art. 90 templates will be made available well before the end of March (deadline to introduce complaints).
Don't hesitate to contact us in case you need any additional information or support related to your personal situation.

Choose a topic, have your say!

Have you ever wished to make your voice heard on a specific topic? Would you like to be the first to know about new issues concerning your working life? Are you ready to get an active role in our decision making process, by simply participating in targeted discussions from your office?
We hope your answers were positive. At R&D, we take your input very seriously and wish to be sure we really represent your ideas, and it should not take too much of your time to get involved with our activities.
So, how can you channel your contributions?  By participating to our thematic working groups and by being added to the dedicated mailing lists!
Currently the following thematic working groups have been activated:
1.       Careers (certification, internal competitions, reclassements, mobility, promotions, contractual agents, open competitions)
2.       Individual rights (salaries, pensions, correction coefficient, allowances, teleworking & flexitime, social security)
3.       Working environment (safety & security at work, offices/open space, new buildings, parking, asbestos)
4.       Social policy (Canteen, Crèches/Garderies, Clubhouse)
5.       JSIS (Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme)
6.       European School
7.       Environment

The reference persons for each thematic group together with the executive members will ensure that your valued input will be used constructively in the definition of actions and positions of R&D that will be presented to the administration.

Choose to take part in one or more of these 7 areas, and become an active R&D member!! With a minimal engagement, we can achieve better results. Let’s put our ideas together, and help us to make your thoughts to become our position, and better defend your interests!

INTERNAL COMPETITIONS AD/AST: R&D invites you on Tuesday 4 February

R&D and its legal team are available on Tuesday 4 February from 12.30 to provide information and assistance to those colleagues who took part in the internal competitions but didn't pass the pre-selection phase. Therefore R&D invites colleagues concerned to participate in a videoconference with our experts and lawyers in Brussels to review the whole procedure and guide them through the steps of their possible ap­peals.
R&D is preparing Art. 90 claim models to be made available to unsuccessful applicants in these competitions, but our assistance doesn't stop there! Since each case deserves special attention, we will provide you with personalised advice and an individual follow-up case by case.
Join us in the LSC meeting room (bdg.63) at 12.30 on Tuesday 4/2!

More on reclassification AST/SC

Following our recent message to all staff about the conversion of AST posts into the AST/SC function group, we wrote a message to the HR Department in Ispra to ask for unequivocal clarifications.
We have been informed that all people concerned will receive in the next days a targeted communication which we hope will clarify our (and your!) doubts.

Change from AST to AST/SC career structure

Have you recently checked your “JOB PROPERTIES” in Sysper2?
If your job was previously classified as AST, it is possible that it has been converted to the new Function Group AST/SC. There is no indication of the criteria used for converting a post from AST to AST/SC; many posts – also scientific positions! – that do not fit within the “secretary/clerk” definition have been converted to the new Function Group.
While the 2014 reform foresees that this new AST/SC function group is applicable only for the new Secretaries/Clerks that will be recruited in the future, we have noticed that the Administration already converted many existing jobs from AST to AST/SC the very first days of January! AST/SC and AST salary grids are different. AST/SC has only 6 grades, from AST/SC1 to AST/SC6. There is also a shift of one grade, downwards of course! It means that the remuneration of an AST/SC6 corresponds to the AST 5 one.
This conversion applies only to the job type and not to the person. According to our information, the current AST job holder can continue his/her career within his/her new AST/SC post as before 1 January 2014, but once vacant, the AST/SC post can only be filled with a new AST/SC staff.
The number of “classic AST” positions will decrease as a consequence of these conversions to AST/SC. This conversion will increase even more the difficulty for mobility to full AST positions  as well as the recruitment of qualified staff.
This is what R&D thinks of this issue:

1.      As this magic trick did not follow the necessary social dialogue procedure with the Trade Unions, we urge the Administration to meet as soon as possible with them and to carry out modifications as applicable;

2.      We wonder how the Administration can fill a vacant AST/SC position (retirements, change of post…) when no AST/SC open competitions have been launched yet.

3.      The reform and the new Staff Regulations apply to all the EU institutions. How can the Commission explain that the Administration of the Council, for example, opted instead for a smooth and progressive change, properly targeted and negotiated with the Unions?

4.      We regret the lack of clear communication, notifying the concerned staff of important changes in their Sysper2 profile.

R&D already got in touch with the HR Department and we are still waiting for more information.
We are asking that any AST/SC colleague can have the guarantee that the introduction of the AST/SC Function group will have absolutely no impact on the current job holders in terms of salary, career evolution, promotion, etc…
In case you wish to stay informed and help us in managing this issue, please contact us and let us know your situation so that we can have a full picture of the different cases within the JRC and better defend your interests!

R&D BXL message "JRC: Could you become a Director some day?"

You might have read the message of R&D Brussels: "JRC: Pourriez-vous un jour devenir Directeur?  **  JRC: Could you become a Director some day?"