{"id":2247,"date":"2023-03-09T08:51:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T07:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/staff-matters\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T08:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T07:39:18","slug":"staff-matters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/publications\/staff-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row heroheader height_huge\"><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:rgba(51,51,51,0.60)\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-iconbox us_custom_a30d2162 has_text_color iconpos_left style_default color_contrast align_left no_text\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;\"><i class=\"fas fa-horizontal-rule\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><p class=\"w-iconbox-title\">Newsletters<\/p><\/div><\/div><h1 class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field us_custom_79b492fa has_text_color type_text header_title color_link_inherit\"><span class=\"w-post-elm-value\">STAFF MATTERS<\/span><\/h1><p class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field us_custom_1ff6a772 has_text_color type_text header_text color_link_inherit\"><span class=\"w-post-elm-value\">Union Syndicale's Legal Newsletter.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox us_custom_ea76afbe introlink iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_left no_text no_title\"><a href=\"#intro\" class=\"w-iconbox-link\" aria-label=\"fas|arrow-down\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:#ffffff;\"><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-down\"><\/i><\/div><\/a><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\" id=\"intro\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_d911aef0 bg1lefttop height_medium\" id=\"intro\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column linemiddle\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Staff matters<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\">\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.28px\">LEGAL NEWSLETTER OF UNION SYNDICALE \u2013 BRUXELLES<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Through <em><strong>Staff Matters, <\/strong><\/em>Union Syndicale will keep you regularly informed about latest developments in EU case law on staff matters and other useful legal news relevant for staff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It will treat subjects like e.g. your rights in promotion, invalidity, entitlements and benefits, pension, the duty of care, holidays, insurance, damage claims, filing complaints and procedural questions as well as deadline observance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is to increase your knowledge and capacity to defend your rights appropriately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><div class=\"w-grid us_grid staffmatterscarousel type_grid layout_345 cols_3 pagination_ajax preload_style_spinner\" id=\"us_grid_1\" style=\"--columns:3;--gap:1.5rem;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:1024px){#us_grid_1{--columns:2!important}}@media (max-width:768px){#us_grid_1{--columns:1!important}}.layout_345 .w-grid-item-h{}.layout_345 .usg_post_title_1{margin-bottom:10px!important}.layout_345 .usg_hwrapper_1{margin-bottom:20px!important}.layout_345 .usg_post_date_1{color:#B9B9B9!important;font-weight:700!important}.layout_345 .usg_text_1{color:var(--color-content-primary)!important;font-weight:700!important}.layout_345 .usg_btn_1{position:absolute!important;bottom:40px!important}<\/style><div class=\"w-grid-list\">\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-8633 staff-matters type-staff-matters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-id=\"8633\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/staff-matters\/staff-matters-n-35\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Staff Matters N\u00b0 35\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">Staff Matters N\u00b0 35<\/h4><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:1.20rem\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-04-13T10:14:42+02:00\">April 2026<\/time><div class=\"w-text usg_text_1 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Newsletter<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><p class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field usg_post_custom_field_1 type_text excerpt color_link_inherit\"><p>In this newsletter, we present a judgment by which the Court annulled an appointment for a senior management position. The President of the Commission should have either conducted the selection interview herself or (as internal rules warrant) duly justify the delegation of that interview to her Head of Cabinet by referring to \u201cimperative service needs\u201d. Failure to comply with this \u2013 in the view of the Court &#8211; amounts to a breach of an essential procedural requirement that rendered the appointment of the applicant\u2019s competitor liable to annulment.<\/p>\n<\/p><button tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_7 usg_btn_1 lireplusstaff icon_atright\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Read more<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/button>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-8538 staff-matters type-staff-matters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-id=\"8538\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/staff-matters\/staff-matters-n-34\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Staff Matters N\u00b0 34\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">Staff Matters N\u00b0 34<\/h4><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:1.20rem\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-03-04T08:45:45+01:00\">March 2026<\/time><div class=\"w-text usg_text_1 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Newsletter<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><p class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field usg_post_custom_field_1 type_text excerpt color_link_inherit\"><p>The Court of Justice (ECJ) set aside a judgment of the General Court and annulled the decision of EUIPO, which had rejected a job application of the appellant on the grounds that she was originally an official of the Commission. The case clarifies that a transfer application can be regarded as an application seeking to fill a vacant post. The seconded staff member\u2019s file responding to an internal vacancy notice should have been taken into account. This judgment has the potential to facilitate interinstitutional mobility.<\/p>\n<\/p><button tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_7 usg_btn_1 lireplusstaff icon_atright\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Read more<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/button>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-8473 staff-matters type-staff-matters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-id=\"8473\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/staff-matters\/staff-matters-n-33\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Staff Matters N\u00b0 33\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">Staff Matters N\u00b0 33<\/h4><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:1.20rem\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-02-09T15:25:36+01:00\">February 2026<\/time><div class=\"w-text usg_text_1 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Newsletter<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><p class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field usg_post_custom_field_1 type_text excerpt color_link_inherit\"><p>In a judgment delivered in October 2025, the General Court emphasizes again the importance of the principle of impartiality. There must be sufficient guarantees to exclude any legitimate doubt as to possible bias of the decision-makers and persons involved in proceedings. In the case decided, objective impartiality has not been complied with, also because two persons working in the same unit as the applicant (colleagues) had been in charge of conducting an administrative investigation against the applicant, which later led to the sanction of a warning.<\/p>\n<\/p><button tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_7 usg_btn_1 lireplusstaff icon_atright\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Read more<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/button>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-8418 staff-matters type-staff-matters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-id=\"8418\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/staff-matters\/staff-matters-32\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Staff Matters N\u00b032\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">Staff Matters N\u00b032<\/h4><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:1.20rem\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-01-19T16:39:26+01:00\">January 2026<\/time><div class=\"w-text usg_text_1 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Newsletter<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><p class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field usg_post_custom_field_1 type_text excerpt color_link_inherit\"><p>The Court of Justice clarified that, under Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations, the act to be challenged depends on its substance and context, not its form, meaning even emails labeled as \u201cfor information only\u201d may constitute adverse decisions. Failure to contest such acts can render subsequent actions inadmissible. Substantively, the Court confirmed that a child tax abatement ends at the latest on the child\u2019s 26th birthday and that internal Commission directives cannot override binding provisions of the Staff Regulations.<\/p>\n<\/p><button tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_7 usg_btn_1 lireplusstaff icon_atright\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Read more<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/button>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-7893 staff-matters type-staff-matters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-id=\"7893\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/staff-matters\/staff-matters-n-31\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Staff Matters N\u00b0 31\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">Staff Matters N\u00b0 31<\/h4><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:1.20rem\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-05-20T15:23:10+02:00\">May 2025<\/time><div class=\"w-text usg_text_1 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Newsletter<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><p class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field usg_post_custom_field_1 type_text excerpt color_link_inherit\"><p><strong>Union Syndicale<\/strong>\u00a0helped three US members in AST 7 to take legal action. The Court of Justice has now ruled in our favour, providing clarification for staff across all EU institutions. This newsletter presents a recent judgment by which the Court has annulled a non-promotion decision of the Council. The Council erred in law when relying on an alleged discretion to reduce the number of vacant posts (i.e. opportunities for promotion) in the promotion exercise.<\/p>\n<\/p><button tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_7 usg_btn_1 lireplusstaff icon_atright\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Read more<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/button>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-7591 staff-matters type-staff-matters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-id=\"7591\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/staff-matters\/staff-matters-n-30\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Staff Matters n\u00b0 30\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">Staff Matters n\u00b0 30<\/h4><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:1.20rem\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-03-26T16:54:40+01:00\">March 2025<\/time><div class=\"w-text usg_text_1 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Newsletter<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><p class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field usg_post_custom_field_1 type_text excerpt color_link_inherit\"><p>Court annuls termination of contract. Clear establishment of the facts is required both for dismissal and in disciplinary proceedings. We look at the termination of a contract of indefinite duration. The institution is not obliged to start disciplinary proceedings instead of choosing an Art. 47 (c) (i) CEOS termination of contract. However, in the recently decided court case, the Commission was not able to clearly establish the facts underlying the claimed destruction of trust in the work relationship towards the applicant.<\/p>\n<\/p><button tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_7 usg_btn_1 lireplusstaff icon_atright\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Read more<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/button>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-6344 staff-matters type-staff-matters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-id=\"6344\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/staff-matters\/staff-matters-n-29\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Staff Matters N\u00b0 29\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">Staff Matters N\u00b0 29<\/h4><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:1.20rem\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-02-14T09:02:15+01:00\">February 2024<\/time><div class=\"w-text usg_text_1 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Newsletter<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><p class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field usg_post_custom_field_1 type_text excerpt color_link_inherit\"><p>This newsletter presents a recent case on two subjects of high practical relevance: (1) the lack of competence of an author to decide on an act adversely affecting staff and (2) the recovery of sums unduly paid to an official.<\/p>\n<\/p><button tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_7 usg_btn_1 lireplusstaff icon_atright\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Read more<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/button>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-4426 staff-matters type-staff-matters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-id=\"4426\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/staff-matters\/staff-matters-n-28\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Staff Matters N\u00b0 28\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">Staff Matters N\u00b0 28<\/h4><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:1.20rem\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-09-12T08:39:03+02:00\">September 2023<\/time><div class=\"w-text usg_text_1 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Newsletter<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><p class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field usg_post_custom_field_1 type_text excerpt color_link_inherit\"><p>This newsletter is about the important subject of invalidity, at the example of a recent judgment of the Court of Justice which confirms that the term <em>invalidity<\/em> in the context of the entitlement of staff to an invalidity allowance can only be interpreted as an incapacity to fulfil the duties <em>within<\/em> the own institution.<\/p>\n<\/p><button tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_7 usg_btn_1 lireplusstaff icon_atright\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Read more<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/button>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-2181 staff-matters type-staff-matters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" data-id=\"2181\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/staff-matters\/staff-matters-n-27\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Staff Matters N\u00b0 27\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\">Staff Matters N\u00b0 27<\/h4><div class=\"w-hwrapper usg_hwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--hwrapper-gap:1.20rem\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-06-05T08:58:01+02:00\">June 2023<\/time><div class=\"w-text usg_text_1 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Newsletter<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><p class=\"w-post-elm post_custom_field usg_post_custom_field_1 type_text excerpt color_link_inherit\"><p>In this newsletter, we present a recent judgment of the General Court on the review of an appraisal report. An action against such a report (once final) can be filed directly, without going through the complaint procedure and without being obliged to lodge an appeal.<\/p>\n<\/p><button tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_7 usg_btn_1 lireplusstaff icon_atright\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Read more<\/span><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/button>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n<\/div>\t<div class=\"w-grid-preloader\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"g-preloader type_1\">\r\n\t\t\t<div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"g-loadmore \">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"g-preloader type_1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"w-btn-label\">Load More<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-json hidden\" onclick='return 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