EU Civil service – A flexible employment framework, insufficiently used to improve workforce management

Summary:

The objective of this audit was to assess whether the EU institutions’ employment framework provides them with the flexibility to meet recruitment needs and improve workforce management, and enable them to address the increasingly challenging circumstances that the EU faces. We found that the EU institutions dealt with emerging priorities by reallocating staff where most needed and diversifying recruitment channels. They relied more on staff with fixed-term contracts, although this brings business continuity risk. The institutions struggle to attract some profiles, and do not use all the flexibilities in their employment framework regarding staff performance and career opportunities. Our recommendations aim at improving the institutions’ policies for their employment of temporary staff, their attractiveness as employers, and their workforce management.

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