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EU wage premiums hurt potential for European added value
The debate on EU salary levels should not be discredited as a merely populist exercise. Effectively, it is also a debate on the potential future role of the EU in the provision of public goods, say Friedrich Heinemann and Stefani Weiss.
New recruits tip Commission gender balance in women’s favour
Two thirds of recruits to the European Commission from the ten states that joined the EU in 2004 were women, tipping the gender balance at the EU executive in favour of women for the first time, said European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šef?ovi? yesterday (2 February).
Employers, unions at odds over international staff transfers
Multinational companies and unions are struggling to find common ground on European Commission proposals for an EU directive on intra-corporate transfers (ICTs), which aims to make it easier for key staff members with special skills to work in the EU on a temporary basis.
EU institutions preparing staff nationality quotas
EU institutions will work hard to fill management posts with administrators from new member states by the end of 2010, European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič said yesterday (11 March), presenting a major overhaul of the EU's recruitment procedure.EU civil servant pay row goes to court
The European Commission yesterday (6 January) decided to take EU member states to court over their refusal to back a pay rise for staff at the bloc's institutions and agencies.
EU staff consider strike over pay freeze
Staff at the European institutions are preparing to go on strike next week in a bitter pay dispute sparked by national governments' decision to block a routine salary increase for EU civil servants.
Commission must address ‘rigid’ recruitment system
The European Commission should address the EU's "rigid" recruitment and career development systems to bring them more in line with today's flexible labour market, Siim Kallas, a vice-president of the EU executive, told EURACTIV in an interview.
Kallas: Commission must address ‘rigid’ recruitment system
The European Commission should address the EU's "rigid" recruitment and career development systems to bring them more in line with today's flexible labour market, Siim Kallas, a vice-president of the EU executive, told EURACTIV in an interview.
EU recruitment strategy gets overhaul
Appointments to the EU institutions will focus more on the personal and professional competences of candidates rather than detailed EU knowledge, David Bearfield, the director of the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO), told journalists last week (18 July).