Salary adaptation 2011: we lost the battle but there’s still hope…

21/11/2013 No comments
The Tribunal pronounced in favour of the Council but this doesn’t mean that the salary adjustment for 2011 is definitively lost. The Court stated that it was the duty of the Council – and not of the Commission – to verify the existence of a serious and sudden deterioration of the economic and social situation. As a consequence, the Commission now has the possibility to present to the Council and the European Parliament a new proposal that takes the exception clause into consideration. This new proposal can be accepted or refused according to the codecision procedure. Staff representatives will be applying all needed pressure on the Commission. 

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.

For further information click here (only French)  – English version will follow.

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Ipergomme - offer from 21.11.2013 (CLP)


Tyres, purchase and fitting Click here for  more details

Contacts:
Ipergomme
via Trieste, 100 - Besozzo
Tel. +39 0332 971.030
Fax +39 0332 971.231
email: info@ipergommebesozzo.it


This agreement is managed by the CLP and it is available to all staff.

New working hours from 1st January 2014

18/11/2013 No comments
From the start of next year and following the entry into force of the new staff regulations, one of the most immediate effects on every one of us will be the introduction of the 40 hour working week.
Modifications to the standard working patterns (and to the informatics tools used for presence registration e.g. Sysper 2) and various services such as the staff bus and crèche are needed, and so is communication to staff about these changes. We would like to take the opportunity to thank our colleagues for responding to our survey on standard working patterns, the outcome of which we have communicated to the Ispra Site Director and the competent services – click here to read the letter.

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Private Parking Privileges vs. Priorities

08/11/2013 No comments
Often "the devil is in the details" and the issue of this message is definitely a detail. However we consider the wrong priority setting by the management as the devil in this case and we fear that it is just the tip of the iceberg. We received many complaints about a proliferation of the number of reserved private parking places for some privileged colleagues. Since a specific parking place is even in a restricted/pedestrian zone we have sent a note to the President of the road safety committee and asked him - since safety is at stake - to not allow private parking anymore in this zone and to check already granted permissions. We also have written that only in exceptional cases cars could be allowed in these zones, but without parking rights unless for colleagues with a reduced mobility. Further to that we insisted to apply the principle of equal treatment of all staff and that for parking areas the same rules should apply in Brussels as well as in Ispra. Since it was not safety related, we kept the following reflection out of our note: How is it possible that on one hand the JRC is involved in many positive initiatives like the commitment for EMAS registration and the recent sustainable mobility event, but that on the other hand a less sustainable car is parked in front of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability? We believe that this is a strong but wrong signal and not a good image for the JRC.

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