R&D welcomes the presentation of the new draft Commission Decision on telework and thanks Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva for the implementation of her policy of modernisation of working conditions. Indeed, to restore confidence and motivation of staff, it is essential to move from promises to action. Major progress… Yet, in this draft, telework becomes a recognized […]
Read moreNote to the attention of Ms Georgieva Vice-President of the Commission Object: Decision of additional allowance assigned to the Heads of Representations in the MS R&D was unpleasantly surprised to learn that DG COMM has decided, without any social dialogue, to grant an allowance of around EUR 1000 per month to the Heads of Representations, Deputy […]
Read moreR&D would like to thank our colleagues from the printing services of OIB for the hard work provided for the staff elections last summer. We could rely on their professionalism and full commitment for the distribution of our program and messages through posters and publications. The printing services also contributed to the success of our […]
Read moreIN THE ANAGNOSTU case (F-72/11) THE TRIBUNAL CONDEMNS THE COMMISSION FOR MALADMINISTRATION AND infringement OF STAFF REGULATIONS concerning PROMOTIONS After 4 years of procedure, the Tribunal stipulated that the Commission has wrongly applied the rules concerning the promotions rates imposed by the Staff Regulations. Indeed, DG HR has for years applied arbitrarily promotion rates, which […]
Read more“…In 2011, scientists with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy, reported that average on-road emissions of tested diesel vehicles exceed allowed limits by up to 14 times.” Nature – International weekly journal of science On the same topic: Corriere della sera In our opinion this underlines once again the importance of […]
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