Art. 90 CC - Act now!
Why?
Because, according to our investigations, the new Correction Coefficient does not correspond to the purchasing parity between Ispra and Brussels
Why now?
Because an art. 90 must be presented within 3 months from the date of the publication of the decision against which the complaint is lodged. Even if most probably even the February payslip will be considered as the "official" application of the decision, the original decision was taken by the Council on 20th of December 2010 and published in the Official Journal on 22nd of December 2010. Furthermore, all staff received on 23rd of December 2010 an email from PMO notifying the introduction of the new Correction Coefficient, with a link to the detailed table.
Having worked hard on this art 90 dossier, we are now ready with our argumentations and we don’t want to take any risk of non admissibility of our complaint because of a missed deadline.
What are the fundamental arguments of our complaint?
We have based our arguments on a very strong technical analysis, contesting Eurostat data on Energy and Health costs. In addition to a detailed analysis carried out by us on gas and electricity bills, we have also purchased statistically relevant data for Italy and Belgium
We have then compared the parities set by the Commission for our sickness insurance reimbursements scheme with the “Health” heading of our CC, and also in this case we are able to demonstrate that a big contradiction exists between these two different sets of parities both provided by the same European Commission!
We are now no longer just asking for information or data, but WE ARE A STEP FURTHER as we contest tangible contradictory elements. We don't ask to sign a blank cheque but to ACT NOW, and JOIN OUR ART.90
We would have preferred a constructive and brotherly collaboration among all Trade Unions but, sadly enough, some people driven by other motivations abuse every single dossier for their quite aggressive propaganda campaign trying to bring others into discredit, rather than collaborating in a joint approach to defend staff. In the meantime the Ispra Site Trade Union Majority - in close collaboration with the Local Staff Committee (CLP) - will continue to be the real defender of the interests of all staff. We do understand that you are not interested in a useless war between Trade Unions, and we agree with you that this should stop.
Thank you all for your support and collaboration.
Your R&D Team
Formal complaint (art.90) against correction coefficient Varese
Our article 90 template will be available to all staff for individual use. This decision was taken by the R&D executive board and the Committee, based on an in-depth study carried out over a significant period. Since the CC is determined by the so called "method", the only way to make an impact is by a "technical" approach rather than a political one. On top of that, there is currently no political support in the member states for the level of our remunerations. The article 90 procedure is also a necessary step before we can go to court.
We have identified major discrepancies between the basis Eurostat used for calculating the CC on the one hand and the real-life situation on the other, and we are convinced that we can prove that the correction coefficient for Varese should be higher. Our lawyer will adapt our draft text to the proper legal wording in the coming days.
We expect to inform all staff at the beginning of next week about the possibility to launch an art.90. and the template will then be made available. We believe that everybody should join, in order to achieve the best possible result.
The deadline to lodge the art. 90 is 20 March 2011.
For further information please write to jrc-rd-cc@ec.europa.eu
Italian language training lessons
If you don't have enough time to attend a 4-hour-a-week Italian language course with the "institutional" training,
If you simply need a language course that fits your personal needs in order to improve your own skills,
R&D can help you with individual and personalised language lessons! The teacher is a native speaking language teacher, highly experienced in teaching Italian to foreigners.
Write an email to jrc-rd-training@ec.europa.eu: we will contact you for an appointment to determine your level and to agree on the next steps (length of the course/date and time, etc..).
EPSO CAST/27/07
Notwithstanding the court ruling T-205/07 of 3 February 2011, the list CAST/EU/27/07 remains valid. For futher information: http://europa.eu/epso/success/news/news17_en.htm
Correction Coefficient and Contractual Agents
Correction Coefficient:
Finally a real step forward has been made on the issue of the Correction Coefficient (CC). As a follow up of the CLP (Local Staff Committee) meeting with Commissioner Mr. Šefčovič and Dir Gen Mrs. Souka in Ispra and the information meeting with DG HR and Eurostat on 13 December in Brussels, R&D Ispra has reached an agreement with EUROSTAT. We will get the possibility to have a view on how the method and certain raw data were applied to determine the CC for Ispra. This is crucial for the upcoming process to officially dispute the surprisingly low CC for Ispra (art.90). We arranged for an appointment with EUROSTAT to meet on February 9 in Luxembourg. In order to join all forces in this crucial initiative we have invited all trade unions to attend because we are convinced that only united we might be able to obtain an improvement of the situation. Unfortunately not all trade unions have confirmed their willingness to participate yet. We will keep you informed about the developments and the outcome of this important meeting.
Contractual Agents:
There is a new development to report on the future of Contractual Agents. R&D is still one of the promoters of the CA court case against the use of staff with limited duration contracts on permanent post. As you most likely know already the hearing of our appeal will take place the 18th February 10:00 in Luxembourg. If you would be interested to participate in the hearing, you are kindly invited to write an email to our secretariat
(jrc-rd-ispra@ec.europa.eu) before 29 January.
R&D feels obliged to warn all CA colleagues to be very careful with all kinds of information that have been spread and will be spread around even more in relation to CA contracts. Whenever Local Staff Committee (CLP) elections are about to take place, the propaganda machines of some trade unions work over-time. Too many promises made during the election campaigns are quite often without any restriction and foundation, and absolutely incompatible with the Staff Regulations in force. R&D refrains from these practises and we are always willing to help you if you feel the need for any clarification considering your contract. While it might not always be possible to tell you what you would like to hear, we will always do our very best to inform you correctly.
Newsletter 4/2010
- CC and future salaries and pensions
- New Director General JRC
- Court decision on the 2009 salary and pension adjustments
- European School Varese
- Implementation plan Corporate Strategy/Support to colleagues
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