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| schestowitz | [LSCTH] A tsunami of legal cases on the horizon - Education and childcare allowance reform | Jun 28 20:40 |
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| schestowitz | Dear colleagues, | Jun 28 20:40 |
| schestowitz | The Education and Childcare reform is becoming again the daily poisonous pill for affected staff in the Hague. A reform designed to be transparent, fair, reduce administrative burden, and give legal certainty is emerging to be a mockery of the initial objectives of the reform. | Jun 28 20:40 |
| schestowitz | It was not enough that managers mostly located in Munich ideated a reform which significantly reduces the Education and Childcare compensation for Staff in the Hague, now the Administration is on a mission to scrape the barrel and is looking for further cuts: in spite of committing to refund the direct costs for education, the Administration is now considering some direct and mandatory costs for schooling of students not to be refundable. | Jun 28 20:40 |
| schestowitz | However, the good news is that, considering the way the regulations are written (Art. 71 ServRegs, Circ. 411 and the other official documents), evident legal reasons for challenging the reform are present. We therefore advise each staff member to request the refund of all disputed direct costs to hrservices@epo.org requesting a ticket to be opened. If your request is rejected, we would like to remind you of the possibility to launch a Request for | Jun 28 20:40 |
| schestowitz | Review within the 3 month time period from the date of rejection. | Jun 28 20:40 |
| schestowitz | Additionally, the new Education Allowance Portal is showing already major deficiencies which are troublesome for many colleagues. Staff Representation TH is monitoring this issue very closely. For the time being, we would like to remind you of the advice of advice of SUEPO to use a disclaimer (also in ANNEX of the full publication) to keep your right to challenge the discretionary request by the administration. | Jun 28 20:40 |
| schestowitz | Please do not hesitate to contact us for assistance. | Jun 28 20:40 |
| schestowitz | With kind regards, | Jun 28 20:40 |
| schestowitz | Your Local Staff Committee The Hague | Jun 28 20:40 |
| schestowitz | ANNEX: | Jun 28 20:47 |
| schestowitz | SUEPO advises all staff requesting advancement of the tuition fees to introduce into the | Jun 28 20:47 |
| schestowitz | comment box of the education allowance portal the following disclaimer – after being adapted | Jun 28 20:47 |
| schestowitz | to your situation - to keep your right to challenge the discretionary request by the | Jun 28 20:47 |
| schestowitz | administration to reduce the amount of the tuition fees: | Jun 28 20:47 |
| schestowitz | SUEPO advises all staff requesting advancement of the tuition fees to introduce into the | Jun 28 20:47 |
| schestowitz | comment box of the education allowance portal the following disclaimer – after being adapted | Jun 28 20:47 |
| schestowitz | to your situation - to keep your right to challenge the discretionary request by the | Jun 28 20:47 |
| schestowitz | administration to reduce the amount of the tuition fees: | Jun 28 20:47 |
| schestowitz | The tuition fees in the attached invoice are € XXXXX. | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | I have initially claimed this amount but my request bounced back and | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | I was informed that I must claim € YYYYY instead, because a € ZZZ | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | deduction applies to [fill in the reason given by HR]. | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | Given the timeline of events and my absolute and urgent need for the | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | advancement to pay the school fees (as I cannot afford paying this | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | amount without the advancement of a minimum amount from the Office), | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | I do as instructed and claim the indicated value but I do not waive | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | my right to challenge the decision to deduct part of the amount to be | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | reimbursed for the school fees under Title VIII of the ServRegs and | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | 2 | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | request a dully motivated individual decision to be made under Article | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | 106 of the ServRegs. | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | This deduction to the school fees has been introduced as a last minute | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | obligation rendering it impossible to understand at this point if it | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | is in line with the transitional measures and I consider that the | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | Office is misleading me by concealing crucial information from me. In | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | any case I need to receive the advancement with my salary of this | Jun 28 20:48 |
| schestowitz | month to be able to pay the school. | Jun 28 20:48 |
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| schestowitz | > Just got this email from the USPTO about patent subject matter | Jun 28 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > eligibility that you might find interesting. | Jun 28 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > | Jun 28 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USPTO/bulletins/31df580 | Jun 28 21:45 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-content.govdelivery.com | Following a series of Supreme Court decisions, new USPTO report on patent subject matter eligibility finds diversity of views regarding the current state of jurisprudence in the U.S. | Jun 28 21:45 | |
| schestowitz | > <https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USPTO/bulletins/31df580> | Jun 28 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > | Jun 28 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USPTO-SubjectMatterEligibility-PublicViews.pdf?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term= | Jun 28 21:45 |
| schestowitz | > <https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USPTO-SubjectMatterEligibility-PublicViews.pdf?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=> | Jun 28 21:45 |
| schestowitz | It is the usual lobbying nonsense from bribed politicians (bribed by the mass litigation lobby). | Jun 28 21:45 |
| schestowitz | It spills over to USPTO's site now. | Jun 28 21:45 |
| schestowitz | How appalling. | Jun 28 21:45 |
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