IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
beginning of new day, June 28
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20:40 schestowitz; [LSCTH] A tsunami of legal cases on the horizon - Education and childcare allowance reform
20:40 schestowitz; Dear colleagues,
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.
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.
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
20:40 schestowitz; Review within the 3 month time period from the date of rejection.
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.
20:40 schestowitz; Please do not hesitate to contact us for assistance.
20:40 schestowitz; With kind regards,
20:40 schestowitz; Your Local Staff Committee The Hague
20:47 schestowitz; ANNEX:
20:47 schestowitz; SUEPO advises all staff requesting advancement of the tuition fees to introduce into the
20:47 schestowitz; comment box of the education allowance portal the following disclaimer after being adapted
20:47 schestowitz; to your situation - to keep your right to challenge the discretionary request by the
20:47 schestowitz; administration to reduce the amount of the tuition fees:
20:47 schestowitz; SUEPO advises all staff requesting advancement of the tuition fees to introduce into the
20:47 schestowitz; comment box of the education allowance portal the following disclaimer after being adapted
20:47 schestowitz; to your situation - to keep your right to challenge the discretionary request by the
20:47 schestowitz; administration to reduce the amount of the tuition fees:
20:48 schestowitz; The tuition fees in the attached invoice are XXXXX.
20:48 schestowitz; I have initially claimed this amount but my request bounced back and
20:48 schestowitz; I was informed that I must claim YYYYY instead, because a ZZZ
20:48 schestowitz; deduction applies to [fill in the reason given by HR].
20:48 schestowitz; Given the timeline of events and my absolute and urgent need for the
20:48 schestowitz; advancement to pay the school fees (as I cannot afford paying this
20:48 schestowitz; amount without the advancement of a minimum amount from the Office),
20:48 schestowitz; I do as instructed and claim the indicated value but I do not waive
20:48 schestowitz; my right to challenge the decision to deduct part of the amount to be
20:48 schestowitz; reimbursed for the school fees under Title VIII of the ServRegs and
20:48 schestowitz; 2
20:48 schestowitz; request a dully motivated individual decision to be made under Article
20:48 schestowitz; 106 of the ServRegs.
20:48 schestowitz; This deduction to the school fees has been introduced as a last minute
20:48 schestowitz; obligation rendering it impossible to understand at this point if it
20:48 schestowitz; is in line with the transitional measures and I consider that the
20:48 schestowitz; Office is misleading me by concealing crucial information from me. In
20:48 schestowitz; any case I need to receive the advancement with my salary of this
20:48 schestowitz; month to be able to pay the school.
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21:45 schestowitz; > Just got this email from the USPTO about patent subject matter
21:45 schestowitz; > eligibility that you might find interesting.
21:45 schestowitz; >
21:45 schestowitz; > https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USPTO/bulletins/31df580
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.
21:45 schestowitz; > <https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USPTO/bulletins/31df580>
21:45 schestowitz; >
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=
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=>
21:45 schestowitz; It is the usual lobbying nonsense from bribed politicians (bribed by the mass litigation lobby).
21:45 schestowitz; It spills over to USPTO's site now.
21:45 schestowitz; How appalling.
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