R&D has been closely following the case of the “Black Pearl” building since May 2015. Twice (Black Pearl 1 & 2), we had already identified the in­herent drifting in the realization of “Open Space”. Today, the decision was taken, without prior consultation with staff, to place off all staff in Open Space offices. After Act […]

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Too often the message of the Staff Representation is trivialized or downgraded by the Administration which claims to be at the forefront of modernity and accuses unions of not being able to modernize their analyses. In fact it is very often the institution that acts like a dinosaur that has missed the train regarding the […]

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The CSM2 will be the first experience of a fully finished building transformed into an open space, it will be a “key-building showing the modern face of the Commission“, said a senior official. The colleagues from TAXUD will be the guinea pigs. While everywhere all the European employees prefer an individual office (between 91% and […]

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A year ago the Fit@work programme to improve the health and well-being of staff was launched within the Commission. Have you, personally seen any improvement? Investigations by experts show that 70% of psycho-social risks within the Commission are due to work requirements (35%), social relations in the work context (30%) and stress and burnout (15%), […]

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Following administrative and technical consultations with DG HR, as part of the negotiations that R&D conducted with our Alliance partners, on the basis of clear and motivated demands, we made real progress ,in both teleworking and part-time files*. Thanks to Vice-President Georgieva for her strong boost… R&D has immediately welcomed Vice President Georgieva for the courage […]

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