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Internal competitions : Art.90 claim models

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R&Dits legal team and its lawyers
ALWAYS AT YOUR SIDE !
R&D, faithful to its commitments to support you in all your efforts and your interests was the first union to denounce all this deception internal competitions in our previous communications .
On 04th 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&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.
- See more at: http://www.renouveau-democratie.eu/2014/03/concours-internes-modeles-de-reclamation-art-90/#sthash.FdPjOgRJ.dpuf

Breaking news : parachuting no longer exist ?

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For several weeks, R&D reported a real invasion of “parachutists” jumping from all floors of the Berlaymont to senior management posts which were freed in advance, sometimes by thanking acting colleagues who often occupied those posts for months…
These nominations  and career accelerations are all the more unacceptable when the post-2004 colleagues still have no real solution for the damage they suffered, the internal competitions were diverted from their original purposes and all staff are subject to increasing restrictions!
There no longer appears to be a limit!
Some announce that an appointment/establishment/promotion with a jump of 4 grades is in preparation!
Until then, in all its simplicity, R&D had thought that the fact that the outcome of the appointment procedure was known by everyone long before its publication was simply a legendary case of telepathy or collective fortune-telling worthy of Star Wars. The proof is that Harry Potter had  congratulated the College each time as decisions were adopted (see leaflet “telepathy of an announced parachute jump“)!
We must recognize that we did not understand anythink at all!
n fact, reading an article in the press on a hearing of the Commission before the Committee on Budgetary Con­trol (COCOBU), we finally acknowledged that Commission denied the practising of  ‘parachuting’, i. e., the ap­pointment of commissioners’ personal staff to civil service posts toward the end of their mandate  “…denied  that the Commission practised ‘parachutage’ – the appointment of commissioners’ personal staff to civil- service posts toward the end of their mandate”. (europeanvoice 23.01.2014)
Being incapable of imagining that this information to the European Parliament (EP) is unfounded and recognizing that there is not ONE colleague from any service that can – even if it were a single moment -share it, R&D has immediately appointed a very high-level independent scientific committee level to carry out the verifications nec­essary to understand what is happening.
We can tell you about the preliminary findings of this work.
There are several scientific explanations to understand why staff imagine that the end of Commission ‘parachuting’ exists when in fact it is now proven that it does not exist.
First results from the Scientific Research Committee
  1. It seems that a Eurosceptic policy virus has succeeded in creeping into the air conditioning facilities of all buildings to establish a fungus that has hallucinogenic visions capabilities including vision of “parachutists” landing everywhere. Some, however, point out the limits of this explanation as staff continue to see parachutists landing in services even when the windows of the offices are open and the air conditioning is off.
  2. Thus, following more detailed technical checks, it is apparent thatit is also the water distributed in canteens and cafeteriasthat has been infected by an equally hallucinogenic tiny fish! The proof is that the visions have declined somewhat since the staff drink less ater because of soaring prices in canteens. Some, however, say that does not explain the origins of hallucinations suffered by journalists far from Brussels. It suffices to note that even Malta has been affected by this pollution and there also e continue to see “parachutists” : maltatoday 21.02.2014
Alas, it is now clear that the College wants to exceed the “achievements” of the Prodi/Kinnock Commission in terms of ‘parachuting’ and that the management of those appointments becomes, moreover, arrogant and cheeky! And we know that it is the credibility of our institution and its nomination procedures that will be involved and, again, it is the staff who will pay the bill by undergoing attacks and reform proposals. Because the College passes, but the staff remains and pay the bill!
In these conditions:
It should be clear that the staff cannot be held responsible for these abuses.
R&D is committed to prepare a complete file which will be also sent to the members of the new EP so that they can take it into account at the hearings of outgoing Commissioners who would be candidates for a new term. Indeed, it seems reasonable that they can also be called to answer for the past management practices of their cabinets and the appointments from which they have been responsible … and will naturally, in turn, try to deny that ‘parachuting’ exists.
And, of course, we wish them to be very convincing!     
- See more at: http://www.renouveau-democratie.eu/2014/02/breaking-news-les-parachutages-nexistent-plus/#sthash.RnTzR6NV.dpuf

Post-reform complaints

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The request of staff to unions is clear: “please agree and join forces to  defend us more effectively”
Reply from R&D: colleagues, you are right!
 Stop union cacophony
You have been flooded by different types of complaints from different unions. Many of you ask what you should do, alone or with their support, confronted with the implementation of the new Staff Regulations.
Which files?
Whatever your situation, you are certainly  penalized whether by the removal / reduction of travelling time or travel allowances, either by slowing-down careers or reintroducing the special levy .
When and in which context?
Do not panic: the deadline for application is 31 March 2014R&D will notify you by that date of the procedures to be followed and the legal actions that it will submit.
R&D is currently co-ordinating analyses and approaches and will inform you in good time on the steps to be followed.
In the attached document R&D explains the importance of a co-ordinated approach from the staff representation and unions to maximize the chances of success of the litigation.
- See more at: http://www.renouveau-democratie.eu/2014/02/post-reform-complaints/#sthash.jyZWPH3Z.dpuf

Internal competitions – R&D always at your side!

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Faced with the disastrous consequences of the Kinnock Reform, R&continues to plead for regular internal competitions, to repair the damage suffered by the post-2004 colleagues.
However, R&D is firmly opposed to the organizational arrangements imposed by the Commission for the ongoing competitions.
In particular, as explained in our previous communiquesR&D pointed out its strong disagreement on several is­sues related to the procedure: the one-off nature of the exercise, manipulation of the more than legitimate expec­tations of the post 2004 colleagues to manage the end of mandate of the College, ridiculous eligibility criteria laughable more than discriminatory nature of the questions on the basis of the talent screener and therefore more than opaque selection procedure, etc.
The European Union Civil Service Tribunal (CST) has since then questioned the selection method known as “talent screener” , confirming our analysis.
The results of the pre-selection process for the AD competitions are currently being published and confirm all our fears.
Many of you have addressed R&to express your surprise and even your disgust regarding decisions that seem incomprehensible and unmotivated to you. You have found that, as we had foreseen, entire populations were excluded because of the more than biased nature of questions at the base of talent screener.
While understanding your disgust, do not let yourself be discouraged and do not accept these first re­sults without reacting!
Let us reassure you that at this stage too, you can rely on R&D ! In particular, you can count on our commit­ment and our ability to assist you with our legal team and our lawyer in the introduction of your requests for reviews and your claims.
Thus, as already for external assistance related to business Glantenay and Pachtitis, lawyers R&D are preparing art. 90 claim models to be available to unsuccessful applicants in these competitions.
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.
- See more at: http://www.renouveau-democratie.eu/2014/02/internal-competitions-rd-always-at-your-side/#sthash.gMoJW88q.dpuf

Working time / State of play

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64 years late!
Flexible working arrangements, beneficial to both employers and workers … such are the conclusions of an earli­er study by the European Commission!
If “New World of Work” means a host of new management practices (management by objectives, manage­ment by project, knowledge management, etc.) and organisational forms (networks, virtual and independent teams, etc.), which combine with each other and are partially based on new uses of information and communica­tion technologies, then the Commission embraced this new world.
But instead of accompanying  these technological and societal changes, the Com­mission is 64 years late! In fact, it was in 1950 that George Orwell published his well-known  futuristic  novel “1984″, then. However, the Commission wants to intro­duce in 2014 a new system of control of working time, incompatible with the new forms of work which require more flexibility.
Result of the race… against the clock : WATCH YOUR WATCH !
Facing the new requirements of control of working time imposed by the Commission and that the Directorates-General are implementing, which  constitutes a threat to the principle of trust and responsibilityR&D de­mands  more FLEXIBILITY and asks the Commission to engage in immediate negotiations, including the:
  • reduction of the range of core- hours and elimination of core-hours on Friday after­noon, like the other institutions;
  • increasing  the ceiling of flexitime hours that can be accumulated as in the Council, Court of Auditors, etc.;
  • increasing  the number of hours recorded (missions, part-time, etc.)
  • revision of mandatory breaks (lunch, etc.);
  • recording of the number hours worked during the weekend;
  • … 
R&D explains in the attached document the details of this issue.
- See more at: http://www.renouveau-democratie.eu/2014/01/working-time-state-of-play/#sthash.NRQBpQQQ.dpuf

Réclamation art. 90 contre la non promotion

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Vous n’avez pas été proposé à la promotion lors de l’exercice 2013 et souhaitez introduire une réclamation art. 90 ?
Depuis la publication des listes, comme toujours R&D s’est mis au service des collègues qui souhaitaient introduire une réclamation en mettant à leur disposition un modèle de réclamation à adapter selon le grade d’appartenance (lien).
Pour celles et ceux qui n’auraient pas encore entamé la démarche, R&D rappelle que la date limite de recevabilité de la réclamation est le 8 février 2014.
Vous hésitez encore, vous avez des éléments supplémentaires à exposer et souhaitez avoir un avis sur leur implication sur les chances de succès de votre recours ?
Avec son équipe de juristes et avocats, R&D est toujours à votre écoute et vous fournira toute l’assistance que vous méritez et tous les renseignements complémentaires.
- See more at: http://www.renouveau-democratie.eu/2014/01/reclamation-art-90-contre-la-non-promotion/#sthash.0MmeyjkE.dpuf


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