a Job at Ignazio Cassis you would have to warn as a career consultant urgently. Nowhere is the work load is greater, and nowhere is it more difficult to go into well-earned holiday, as in the Department of foreign Affairs of the FDP in the Bundesrat. In any case, could come to this conclusion, who shall consult with the relevant statistics.

For years, the Department of foreign Affairs (FDFA) is the unbezogenen vacation days within the Federal administration unrivaled at the top. An average full-time employees of the EDA came by the end of 2017 (for 2018 are currently no consolidated data) to a credit of up to 16.5 days – twice as much as his colleagues from the Department of Finance, with an average of 8,2 days. A few years ago this value was at the EDA, even much higher: 27.3 days in 2011, the peak was reached. At the other end of the scale, in the Department of Finance, the cut back then just 9 days.

Since then, the Department of foreign Affairs to reduce the claims. However, especially in the higher cadres of the diplomatic missions, it is still, that you pile up mountains until Retirement or a post-exchange rule, the rights of Holiday. So had to employ the Federal Council at its session by the end of February with the case of heads of Mission to account for 110 vacation days stored. The DFA confirmed the corresponding information in this editorial. For further information on the relevant squad man the Department for reasons of personal protection. It is confirmed, however, that there was in the past far more drastic cases. Not too long ago, another chief of mission, brought it to 340 excess days.

“Obscenely high holiday balances”

The taxpayer comes to judicial workaholism, the Ambassador sometimes expensive. In cases where a holiday reduction in time succeed, will be paid the excess balance. According to the EDA a total of 264 days in the last 5 years to a total of 12 head of Mission and heads of paid in cash: overall, therefore, the workload of 52 weeks or one year.

the compensation summed up To the overall amount, is not known, but can be roughly estimated. Heads of mission, at the highest level of the diplomatic career ladder, are classified in the wage classes 32 to 34. Thus, you will earn a rule between 220000 and 260000 francs, sometimes thanks to special allowances. In this order of magnitude is likely to move also the sum paid out.

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observers say a certain classification. According to an EDA-internal source, it is quite common that ambassadors build up to the aisle in the pension “obscenely high holiday balances”. The most common method used to earn before the Pension is still some extra money. The payment required, although a permit from the Department of Finance, but this is denied. Moreover, that ambassadors were often “indispensable” and your residence, only rarely for a vacation wanted to leave. Another source indicates that the EDA authorize its diplomats generous settlements. Who, for instance, a holiday in Switzerland and with personnel from the EDA-Central meet, could capture these “service calls” as working days.

The DFA, for its part, the holiday explains mountains with the special circumstances of the heads of Mission. They would be transferred every four years to a new location and would need to be aware of several factors: a short vacancy until the appointment of the successor, but also to the start of School, the children and other. “This makes it for the head of Mission and heads of difficult to plan holidays and to relate to,” says Pierre-Alain Eltschinger, a spokesman for the EDA.

EDA promotes the reduction of Vacation balances

the excess deposits “only in the exceptional case would be Paid,” Eltschinger. The EDA track for 2016 for a “strengthening of the policy to reduce the high Holidays”. This is obviously true also for the above-mentioned current case, with the 110 not related to the days: The affected Person do not get any money, but you have to take, so Eltschinger. In the older case with the 340 days of their holiday just a part, at least, were paid for with money. The new year assigned holiday claims had decreased since 2016 to gradually. Eltschinger promises that the EDA will set this policy to “consistently”.

some Topbeamte obenaus shoot, the EDA is at the top of the departments. After all, the topic in Cassis,’ the Department declared in accordance with Eltschinger: the head of The FDFA put “considerable weight on the reduction of Vacation balances at all levels”.

(editing Tamedia)

Created: 17.03.2019, 21:57 PM