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Le site des retraités du CERN et de l’ESO
The CERN and ESO pensioners site

Category: News

  • Video of the Annual Information Meeting of the Pension Fund

    Dear Members

    We would like to inform you, in case you were unable to attend the Annual Information Meeting of the Pension Fund in person or via webcast, that a video of the meeting is available on the public indico page https://indico.cern.ch/event/1327056/ .

    You will also find a copy of the slides presented by the Fund’s Chief Executive Officer, Doug Heron.

    The presentation was held in English. If you choose the “Video preview”, you will find a “CC” button at the top right of the screen that allows you to display subtitles in French or English.

    We hope you will enjoy listening to this very interesting and informative presentation.


  • Annual Information Meeting of the Pension Fund 26/10/2023

    Dear Members

    We would like to inform you that the Annual Information Meeting of the Pension Fund will take place on

    26 October 2023 from 2.30 pm to 3:30 pm in the CERN Council Chamber.

    The meeting will also be broadcasted via a webcast accessible to all by following the link: https://webcast.web.cern.ch/event/i1327056

    Questions can also be sent  in advance of the meeting, by Monday 23 October at the latest,  by e-mail to pension-fund@cern.ch .

  • Resuming the information sessions on 29 August 2023

    Dear Members

    After the Summer break, our information sessions will resume on 29 August 2023 from 1:30 to 4:00 pm in the Staff Association room, Building 61.

    Best regards

    Jean-François Michaud and Susan Leech O’Neale

  • Additional information from the Staff Association on the action of 2 June

    Dear Members

    Further information on the reasons for the concerted work stoppage launched by the CERN Staff Association on 2 June 2023 can be found in the ECHO Bulletin No 23 of 5 June.

  • Message from the CERN Staff Association

    Dear GAC-EPA members,

    Following a request from the CERN Staff Association, you are invited to join the CERN personnel on Friday 2 June from 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.  in the lobby of the main building; this concerns the lack of consultation and agreement, particularly on matters relating to human resources and personnel policy.

    For more information, please see the following information.

    Sincerely,

    Enrico Chiaveri for the GAC-EPA Committee

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    Enough is enough!

    Dear Colleagues,

    The Staff Council has unanimously decided to give notice of a concerted work stoppage on Friday 2 June from 1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. with an assembly of the personnel in the hall of the main building for the following reasons:

    • The Staff Council deplores the lack of any real progress on the Association’s package of measures*, whereas the crisis levy has been implemented since January 2023.
    • The Staff Council is outraged by the absence of concertation or even simple discussion from the stage at which the Management’s strategic choices are drawn up, particularly when these have consequences for human resources and members of the personnel policy.
    • The Staff Council expresses its concern that no agreement has been reached between the Member States regarding the payment of additional exceptional contributions, despite the fact that this is inseparable from the crisis levy which has already been in place since January 2023.

    In accordance with the applicable rules, the period of notice shall be utilized to attempt to settle the dispute by conciliation at the level of the SCC which will take place today at 5.00 p.m. If this has a successful outcome, the concerted work stoppage will be withdrawn. Only the gathering of  the personnel will be maintained.

    Come and join us in the hall of the main building to learn more about the crisis.

    * Namely: partial internal taxation of pensions, study of various proposals from members of the personnel to identify savings, postponement of the construction of new tertiary buildings and measures to encourage voluntary retirement departure.

     

    Staff Association


  • New website

    Today the 7th of Mai, the new website of the GAC-EPA has gone ‘live’.

    This site is based on a modern Content Management System (CMS).

    Our objective was to keep it as simple and close to the standard as possible to assure maintainability, continuity and minimal effort from contributors and ‘technical support’.

    The goal is to assure effectiveness and ease of use.

    You can still access the old website by following this link.

  • Exchange rate for tax returns in France

    CERN has issued on 29 March the official news concerning the exchange rate to be applied for tax returns in France (2022 income).

    1 CHF = 0.99 Euros

  • General Assembly 28th of March

    The next General Assembly will take place Tuesday the 28th of March as of 15:00 in the Bdg. 500, Main Auditorium

    Convocation

    https://www.gac-epa.org/Communications/AGMs/2023-03-28-AGM-EGM/Convocation-AGM-en.html