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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. >>

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. >>

News Articles

Pickin’ up good vibrations  
Thanks!  
LHC Report: serving a hot, dense soup for Christmas  
Evaluating and measuring impact: where and how?  
CBI students: target hit!  
CERN encourages girls to "expand their horizons"  
Training course for eighteen teachers at CERN  
Staff members with 25 years' service at CERN in 2015  
TEDGlobal>Geneva  
From the CERN web: grid computing, night shift, ridge effect and more  
Computer Security: a plea to Santa Claus  
How CERN promotes innovation and entrepreneurship  

Training and Development

Places available - Technical management courses (up to the end of June 2016)  

Announcements

CERN Bulletin publication schedule for 2016  
Find out more about CERN's 5-yearly review  
End of incoming ICMP (“pings”)  
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 | Stuxnet and Cyber-Warfare | 13-14 January 2016  

Staff Association

Election of the new Executive Committee: Combining continuity and renewal  
Collection for Refugiees  
Cine Club  
Interfon