Article 42 (c)

Since the adoption of the new Staff Regulations in 2014, R&D has requested a transparent management of the new provisions of Article 42(c) concerning the compulsory retirement.

We asked for…

• preliminary and exhaustive information;
• clarity about the rights of the colleagues concerned;
• good management of the scheme, using good practices from other institutions.

Unfortunately, when these provisions were first applied for the 2016 exercise, DG HR has decided to caricature the legitimate requests of R&D and the staff representation. It haughtily gave pseudo courses on staff rights to explain the merits of its position and ultimately showed a deep contempt for colleagues concerned.

In particular, denying any duty of care, DG HR decided to put colleagues on leave without paying them any compensation. Thus, some colleagues found themselves in a dramatic personal situation without sufficient financial resources to be able to honour their commitments.

Unfortunately, the referral for interim measures before the General Court was essential in order to stop the unfortunate outbursts of DG HR: by its decision of 18 May 2017 (link) the President of the Court ruled in favour of R&D and suspended the decision of the Commission. The President of the Court of Justice subsequently rejected the Commission’s referral.

The progress made …

• during the 2017 exercise: review of the implementation of the procedure in order to avoid compulsory retirement against the will of the colleagues concerned, only the volunteer colleagues were selected;
• at the launch of each exercise:
  • publication d’une information administrative permettant désormais à tous les membres du personnel de prendre connaissance de cette disposition statutaire et de manifester leur intérêt;
  • transmission d’éléments chiffrés : pour chaque demande, les services de la DG HR et du PMO transmettent désormais les données relatives aux conséquences pécuniaires permettant ainsi aux collègues de prendre une décision en toute connaissance de cause.

R&D requests

• the adoption of the GIPs confirming the approach adopted in 2017 for all future exercises, while improving the transparency of the selection process by DGs.

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Our actions

7/12/16	Since the adoption of the new Staff Regulations in 2014, R&D has requested a transparent management of the new provisions of Article 42(c) concerning the compulsory retirement.	read
11/11/16	Note to the attention of Mrs Kristalina Georgieva – Placing on compulsory leave of 28 colleagues before the end of 2016 following the implementation of Article 42c of the Staff Regulations	read
28/10/16	Note de Mme Irène Souka, Directeur Général DG HR à l’attention de M. Sebastiani, Président 28 Octobre 2016 – Mise en œuvre de l’article 42 quater du statut Votre note du 10/10/2016 – Ares(2016)5837023	lire
6/10/16	Note à l’attention de Mme I. Souka, Directeur Général de la DG HR 06 Octobre 2016 – Mise en œuvre de l’article 42 quater	lire

Other institutions

7/06/16	Communication du Secrétaire Général du Conseil	lire
23/10/15	Congé dans l’intérêt du service	lire
11/2016	Communication AMI SEAE	read