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There is no comprehensive social security but a health insurance during employment. There is no salary payment after 30 days (of cumulative sick leave in a year) and the income protection provided in health insurance only kicks in after 60 days. Head of Mission can terminate an employment contract after 45 days of sick leave

There is no pension scheme

There is no unemployment protection at the term of the contract

There is no provision for severance grant

There is no provision for staff committee/representation

The contract stipulates that “Disputes arising out of or relating to this Contract shall be referred to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union pursuant to Article 272 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union”. However the same courts declared in 2016 that it should not be competent and that it is an “administrative error” in the contract. Yet to this date the clause remains unchanged.