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Intermediate salary update for Ispra-based staff
Intermediate salary update for Ispra-based staff
Recently another trade union sent a message containing information regarding the intermediate salary update in June. The explanation of the adjustment calculation and the method was well explained.
Unfortunately, the net effect on the pay slip for staff based in Ispra in June will be - 0.1% (retroactive to January 2024 : - 0.6%), because of the highlighted increase of 3% in the salary grid is more than neutralized by the nominal reduction of the coefficient corrector for Varese of 3% (from 0.95 to 0.92).
From our understanding, the situation for salary adjustment at the end of this year will be probably more positive.
The R&D Ispra Executive Committee
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Pension contribution rate 2014
The 2014 pension contribution rate has
been published
The new rate is 10,1%, less than the rate actually in force
(10,3%).
As this pension contribution is deducted from our base salary, it means
that our net salary will increase slightly.
It will be applied retroactively from the month of July 2014 and we
should recover the 5 x 0,2% overpaid contribution in our December 2014 salary
slip.
This will come on top of the net effect of the 2011-2012-2013 pension
contribution rate changes that we announced in an earlier
message:
- the 2011 contribution rate decreases
from 11,6% to 11,0%
- the 2012 contribution rate decreases
from 10,6% to 10,0%
- the 2013 contribution rate increases from
10,3% to 10,9%
As a reminder, we will also recover the +0,3% correction coefficient increase
backdated to July 2014
Pension contribution rate: end of litigation
The 2011 pension contribution rate should have been decreased too, but
remained frozen so far as a decision was pending at the Court of Justice.
Last Friday, the Commission and the Member States representatives found
a political agreement that solves this last pending litigation between the
Council and the Commission, and avoids any potential risk of an unfavourable
Court judgment.
It also integrates new changes to the 2012 and 2013 pension contribution
rates, caused by the 0,8% salary adaptation for 2012 applied earlier this year.
In summary:
- the 2011 contribution rate will decrease from 11,6 % to 11,0 %
- the 2012 contribution rate will decrease from 10,6 % to 10,0 %
- the 2013 contribution rate will increase from 10,3 % to 10,9 %
The Council should approve the decision later this week and the changes would
then be retroactively applied on the December salary slip.
Staff recruited before July 2011 will receive money back (0,6 % gross x
12 months); staff recruited after July 2013 will have to pay money back.
The 2014 contribution rate is still under discussion and no information
can be disclosed at present.
As usual, we will keep you informed on any future update.
Salary adaptation 2011 and 2012
The deadline for lodging an appeal is 31/07/2014.
Art. 90 against salary adjustment 2011 and 2012
A template to lodge an appeal against the refusal to apply the salary adjustment for 2011 and the limitation to 0.8 % of the salary adjustment for 2012 has been prepared and will be made available tomorrow.
Our lawyers will present the template and will answer to questions and requests for clarification on Friday, 6 June 2014 from 12:30 to 14:30 (videoconference) – CLP room (Bdg. 63).
At this meeting, we will also make a first assessment of our appeal against the Reform 2014 and analyse with you the best way to proceed.
The website www.recours2014.eu – developed thanks to the efforts of our R&D colleagues in Ispra - has already received more than 25,000 visits of colleagues from all institutions and agencies. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST!
Do you have questions about your personal situation?
Expert teams are at your disposal within each institution.
Direct link to Art. 90
Cumulative effects of the 2011 and 2012 annual salary adjustments
On 14 April the Council finally approved the 2011 and 2012
salary adjustments, which are as follows:
2011: no salary adaptation (it should have been +1.7%). The
Varese correction coefficient changes from 92.3 to 91.9.
2012: +0.8% salary adaptation (it should have been +1.7%).
The Varese correction coefficient changes from 91.9 to 93.4.
The changes will be implemented with the May 2014 salary
slip.
According to our calculations, the impact for the Ispra
staff will be a “one shot” arrear corresponding to around +26% (+17,6%
due to salary increase and +8,4% for the CC changes) of the June 2011 base
salary (which is the last stable reference).
Furthermore, your salary from May
2014 on will be increased by 0,8%.
However, you have to deduct the contributions for pension,
for sickness and accident insurance, the tax, the solidarity levy (for the 2014
part only); and add (if applicable) the child, household, expatriation and
other allowances. Any promotion and/or increase in step received since June
2011 will also slightly increase the arrears. Hence, the exact amount of
arrears to be received in May depends on everyone’s individual situation.
This small adjustment is really welcome in these difficult
times, but once again we criticise the unjustified cut imposed by the Council
on our purchasing power by greatly decreasing the two annual salary
adaptations.
We will launch a legal action in due course. See http://www.recours2014.eu/p/adaptations-2011-et-2012.html.
Latest news on salary adjustment 2011 and 2012
Salary 2012: 0,8% x 22 months = 17,6% of our payslip
Correction Coefficient 2012: 1,2% x 12 months = 14,4% of our payslip
For 2011, it is not clear yet if the Correction Coefficient will be applied as well, or if it will be a "frozen" year like 2013 and 2014.
In case the 2011 Correction Coefficient will be applied, we'll suffer a reduction of 0,4% x 12 months = -4,8%
So, in the best case scenario, we can expect 17,6% + 14,4% = 32% of our payslip ("one shot" arrears).
In the worst case scenario, we can expect 27,2% of our payslip (again, "one shot" arrears).
In all cases, we'll receive 0,8% salary increase for the future.
Salary adjustment 2011 and 2012
This proposal will be discussed next 12 March at the European Parliament.
More information will follow.
February payslip: a small salary increase
Here we are:
· Our pension contribution rate has decreased from 10,6 % to 10,3 %, retroactively applied from July 2013.
As a reminder, our contribution rate already decreased from 11,6 % to 10,6 % with the January payslip - see the Regularisation salary slip of December 2013.
The 2011 contribution rate has still not been applied, the Court case is pending. Its value will depend on multiple factors that include the actual salary and pension contribution rates in force at the time of the Court sentence.
· Our Varese correction coefficient increased from 92,3 % (2010 value) to 92,8 %, and it is applied retroactively from July 2013.
As a reminder, the 2012 and 2011 correction coefficients have not been applied so far, since they are linked to the 2012 and 2011 salary adjustments that are to be negotiated between the Commission, the Council and the Parliament.
Pension contribution rates: some good news
PMO announced yesterday some good news concerning our pension rate contribution.
“On 10 December, the Council adopted a decision on the amendment to the 2012 pension contribution rate. According to this decision, the rate will be amended from 11.6% to 10.6% of the basic salary, with retroactive effect from the 1st July 2012.
In January, you will receive via Sysper 2 a specific pay slip (pay slip 13/2013) which will show the calculation of the retroactivity.
For the year 2013, following the decision adopted by the Council on December 17, the pension contribution rate to the pension will be amended from 10.6% to 10.3% of the basic salary with retroactive effect from the 1st July 2013.
As a result, the calculation of this retroactivity as well as its payment will be included in the February 2014 pay slip.
These new parameters will be introduced in January 2014 (for the 2012 amendment) and February 2014 (for the 2013 amendment) in your monthly pay slip and your contribution will be adapted accordingly.”
Salary adaptation 2011: we lost the battle but there’s still hope…
While there is no guarantee that the situation can be resolved with such a new proposal, the Commission has a duty to take all the necessary measures to ensure staff obtain what is rightfully due for 2011, and also for 2012.
R&D Ispra will keep you updated concerning this procedure that represents a very important step towards the correct allocation of roles among Commission, Council, Parliament and Court of Justice; we will contribute in order to obtain the best outcome for all staff.
Salary adaptation: +0,5% or -0,6%?
Latest news about annual salary adaptation
The sentence will most probably be given after the summer. Note that the hearing of 2 July concerns only 1 out of the 3 actions (2 lodged by the Commission and 1 by the Council) currently pending for the 2011 salary adaptation.
In case the Commission wins (the 3 actions), it means that all staff will be entitled to a salary increase of 1,7% , less 0,4% for Ispra-based staff due to a slight decrease of our Varese 2011 correction coefficient. The net 1,3% increase would normally apply retroactively as from July 1, 2011, but we don't know if any interest could also be added.
Similar cases are still pending for the 2012 salary adaptation (+1,7% and +1,5% correction coefficient) and the reduction in pension contribution (2011: -0,3% and 2012: -1%). R&D will keep you informed of future developments.
Court Case Correction Coefficient 2010
In spite of all the efforts we did to straighten out the distorted 2010 correction coefficient, the Civil Service Tribunal rejected our appeal.
We will study carefully the long sentence with our lawyers, will assess what steps can be taken and we will come back to you shortly with more detailed information.
Note that the similar case F-112/11 (Dalmasso) on the same subject is also rejected.
R&D cafè: Multiannual Financial Framework
Negotiations will be carried out in the coming weeks: if you want to know more or express your views please come to the R&D Cafè that we are going to organise by the end of February. Stay tuned!
Correction coefficient 2012 and annual salary adaptation
It has been set to 93,4 %, which is an increase of 1,5 points in relation to the last (but never applied) figure for 2011: 91,9 %. As a reminder, the 2010 figure (which is still in force) is 92,3 %.
This change in Correction Coefficient comes together with a 2012 salary adaptation of +1,7 %. As a reminder, the 2011 figure (never applied) was also + 1,7%.
The 2012 pension contribution rate also comes down from 11,6 % to 10,6 %. As a reminder, the 2011 figure (never applied) should have been 11%.
All those new values should be applied retroactively on 1 July 2012, however it is highly probable that the Council reject them as it did in 2011.
The Commission took the Council to Court for non-application of the 2011 adjustments. We hope that the Commission will again lodge a legal action if the Council refuses to apply the 2012 adjustments.
Legal case against correction coefficient 2010
R&D Ispra has always been the leading force for this dossier.
The hearing took place at the Civil Service Tribunal in Luxemburg on 27 november 2012.
Our lawyers Maître Louis, Orlandi and Abreu Caldas attended the hearing. A member of R&D Ispra was also present.
Here are the main elements emerging from the hearing:
Our lawyers highlighted again the inconsistencies we identified in the fields of energy price and health costs, rent prices and inflation data. They reported the lack of transparence of Eurostat, despite our numerous requests among others during GTR meetings (Groupe Technique Rémunération is a discussion forum between DG HR – Eurostat and the OSP) specially dedicated to remuneration subjects. They also disputed the lack of right to an effective recourse arising from the impossibility to verify the calculation of Eurostat.
The lawyer of the Commission stressed the fact that it is necessary to prove the existence of an obvious error in the Eurostat calculation, and the order of magnitude of the error should be such that the Correction Coefficient value is affected. He claims that the burden of proof rests with the applicants. This is of course practically impossible as we have no access to the detailed data! Furthermore, he stated that the Administration has a wide discretionary power, that the Correction Coefficient aims to ensure a substantial equality of treatment between official of different locations, and that “it is not a domain where an exact science reigns” (sic), etc, etc…
The President of the Tribunal mainly heard the lawyers and asked a few questions to both parties. We can’t say that his questions aimed to strengthen our position.
The hearing lasted circa 1h 30’, without any indication about its outcome. The judgment will be pronounced within 3 to 6 months.
We can say that we did every effort to prove there are inconsistencies in the Correction Coefficient 2010, and it was absolutely no easy task considering the lack of information.
The outcome will really depend on the value given by the Judge Rapporteur to the elements we reported, and if he considers that Eurostat breached the rules by denying access to requested data.
We will organize a meeting on this subject between the lawyers and the Ispra staff in January.
R&D Café: join us and have your say!
We would like to inform you about the status of these issues, and at the same time receive your feedback about them.
To this end we have planned a series of informal encounters in which your R&D colleagues dealing with each topic will
present the latest developments after which the floor will be open for comments and discussion. And then a coffee!
In order minimise the disruption to your work schedules, we have planned the meetings from 13:00 to 13:45.
Calendar
Reform: what is happening to our staff regulations? 22/11/12 – Amphitheatre (bdg.36)
ACGH: from Grantholder scheme to AC contracts 05/12 /12 - Room 3 (bdg.36)
Correction Coefficient: latest developments 11/12/12 - Amphitheatre (bdg.36)
European School and attractiveness of the JRC Ispra 02/13 – date and venue tbc
Research at the JRC: possible future scenarios 02/13 – date and venue tbc
Reform: what is happening to our staff regulations? 22/11/12 – Amphitheatre (bdg.36)
ACGH: from Grantholder scheme to AC contracts 05/12 /12 - Room 3 (bdg.36)
Correction Coefficient: latest developments 11/12/12 - Amphitheatre (bdg.36)
European School and attractiveness of the JRC Ispra 02/13 – date and venue tbc
Research at the JRC: possible future scenarios 02/13 – date and venue tbc
Future topics for next meetings:
Ispra site, Administrative burden, Trade unions' role
Ispra site, Administrative burden, Trade unions' role
We want to listen, inform and act!
We are really looking forward to a large turnout: please invite your colleagues too! We remind you the Secretariat is always open if you want to pass by personally.
We go to Court!
We hope that you understand that it is impossible for us to translate it in English and Italian. However, we are available to answer to any question you may have on this subject.
We would like to thank explicitly the "father" of this dossier Paul Nauwelaers, for all the work done and everybody who participated or sent us useful documentation.
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