Changes of FAS programmes Peter Jurcso HR-RFA

Agenda Background Fellows New subcategories Payment levels and contributions Entitlements Paid Scientific Associates Payment levels Entitlements Technical and Doctoral Students Schedule Questions

Background Within the framework of the 5 Yearly Review procedure Major changes for Fellows and Associates Minor modifications for Students Approved by Finance Committee and Council on March 2006 Application from 1 st July 2006 Conditions for contracts created before this date will be not changed

Fellows Main aims: Simplifying administration Removing age limits Extension towards B.Sc. Level Complying EU regulation (EST integration) Reducing cost while keeping the current take home pay level Attracting external funds

New fellow subcategories Junior Fellows (FELL, JR) B.Sc. or M.Sc. with less than 4 years relevant experience Applied subjects: Preselection Senior Fellows (FELL, SR) M.Sc. or Ph.D. between 4 to 10 years of relevant experience since M.Sc. Applied subjects: Ranking meeting Experimental and Theoretical Physics: National Delegations and PH internal ranking

Fellow payment levels and contributions ATTENTION! In some documents the new stipend is described as a combination of a basic plus a seniority based supplement New monthly stipend for fellows JR B.Sc.5068 CHF JR M.Sc.6098 CHF SR Ph.D <6y or M.Sc. 4-6y experience6468 CHF SR 6-8y6818 CHF SR 8-10y7118 CHF SR 10y7418 CHF Non-residence allowance integrated into the basic stipend Family and child allowances are unchanged Pension Fund contribution is fixed as the contribution of a staff member in Aa.0 position independently from their stipend CHIS is calculated on the whole stipend

Fellow entitlements Arrival entitlements Initial travel from home station Installation grant (2/3 of the staff rate) REMOVAL IS NO LONGER PAID Home leave Extra days of paid leave as of today NO HOME LEAVE PAYMENT School fee reimbursements are unchanged Termination entitlements Travel back to home station REMOVAL IS NO LONGER PAID

Paid Scientific Associates (PDAS) Main aims: Issue of principle: “CERN is not the employer of the PDAS” Removing employment like benefits Simplifying administration More transparent payment system Elimination of Home Support deduction

PDAS payment ATTENTION! In some documents the new payment is described as a combination of a basic plus a seniority based supplement Monthly payment to cover the cost of living in the Geneva integrating a seniority based element calculated as years of experience after the first university degree <10y6000 CHF 11-15y6500 CHF 16-20y7000 CHF 21-25y7500 CHF 26-30y8000 CHF >30y8500 CHF Non-residence allowance integrated into the to monthly payment The payment independent from the Home Support To attract candidates with very high Home Support Family supplement 1000CHF/months (implemented as a different salary band) Least one dependent family member accompanies PDAS to CERN For a period of least 6 months (next slide) CHIS membership is optional (on the standard Associate rates)

PDAS family supplement PDAS should fill out a declaration similar to the current PJAS one

Verification of PDAS Assignment – Salary position Career Path Y: Old PDAS contract Career Path X Band a: New PDAS without family Career Path X Band b: New PDAS with dependent family members

PDAS entitlements ATTENTION! No Home Station definition for PDAS Arrival entitlements Initial travel from the last place of residence REMOVAL IS NOT PAID Leave entitlements For contracts of least 6 months: annual, sick, special and maternity leave NO HOME LEAVE (Neither extra days of paid leave nor payment) School fee reimbursements only For children accompanying the PDAS for least 6 months In the local region (20km radius around Geneva) Within the current financial limits Termination entitlements Termination travel back to place of residence before CERN REMOVAL IS NOT PAID

PDAS Geneva local region

New flags for new FELL, TECH, DOCT appointments The SR, JR for FELL as well as the new payment for TECH & DOCT will be marked in the Class of residence field of the Assignment – Contractual Situation

Fellow installation entitlements Visible in Elements entry history Will registered as of today: “Entitled to installation” “Entitled to Removal” will be NO as default for all non-IS Staff

Student changes Elimination of age limits for all student programmes Reduced payment levels to resolve PJAS<>Student conflict still offer a competitive stipend to cover cost of living in the Geneva region Admin and Summer Students2672 CHF Technical Students3099 CHF Doctoral Students3473 CHF New appointments will be marked in Class of residence

Transition schedule TSC (End of April) All TECH and DOCT contracts under current conditions Implementation in Oracle HR and in e-RT, EDH (Mid May) AFC (May) FELL contracts under current conditions PDAS contracts postponed until July Under new conditions (to avoid Home Support negotiation) Final tests (Mid June) First new PDAS contracts (1 st July) First new EST as FELL JR (Mid July) TSC (End of September) All TECH and DOCT contracts under new conditions AFC (End of November) All FELL JR & SR as well as PDAS contracts under new conditions Termination of parallel old/new system at end of 2009

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