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Annual adjustments to 2016 financial benefits   >>

Staff Rules and Regulations - Modification N°10 to the 11th edition   >>

To all members of personnel in receipt of remuneration from CERN   >>

Pension payment dates in 2016

The pension payment dates for next year are also available on the Pension Fund website (see here). >>

CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS): Monthly Contributions for 2016

For 2016, the contribution rate for active and retired CHIS members will be 4.86%. The amounts of the fixed contributions for voluntarily insured members (e.g. users and other associates), as well as the supplementary contributions for spouses with income from a professional activity or with a retirement pension (including a CERN pension), are thus as follows: >>

New CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS) forms

New versions of the following forms for claims and requests to the CERN Health Insurance Scheme (CHIS) have been released: >>

Operational Circular No. 2 (Rev. 3) - Conditions of access to the fenced parts of the CERN site

Operational Circular No. 2 (Rev. 3) entitled "Conditions of access to the fenced parts of the CERN site", approved by the Director-General following discussion in the Standing Concertation Committee meeting on 24 September 2015, is now available via this link. >>

Official holidays in 2016 and end-of-year closure 2016/2017

Application of Articles R II 4.38 and R II 4.39 of the Staff Regulations. >>

News Articles

Sustainable development  
Looking forward to a great year ahead  
Winter therapy for the accelerators  
Microcosm: the story of CERN  
Artistic transparency  
Congratulations to the Class of 2015!  
From the CERN web: New Year ceremony, new LHC Programme Coordinator, scientific prize and more  
Computer Security: the value of your password  
Ombud’s Corner: sowing the seeds of trust…  

Training and Development

Safety Training: places available in January 2016  
Places available - Technical management courses (up to the end of June 2016)  

Announcements

Where students turn into teachers: the 9th Inverted CERN School of Computing  
AXEL-2016: Introduction to Particle Accelerators  
2016 CERN-JINR European School of High-Energy Physics  
Wanted: Moderators for International Masterclasses in Particle Physics  
Joint universities accelerator school (JUAS) - Places available  
European school of instrumentation for particle and astroparticle physics (ESIPAP) - Places available  
CERN’s 2016 Beamline for Schools competition starts on 17 November  

Events

Academic Training Lectures | Introduction to Parallelism, Concurrency and Acceleration | 19-20 January  

Staff Association

2016, a year of change!  
Michel Goossens  
Changes 2016  
Yoga Club  
Conference - Découvrez notre région - Aux bornes de Genève  
Interfon  
Cine Club