Tag: Ombuds role
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A simple confidential discussion can help
A simple confidential discussion can help No story this week, for a change! But I would like to convey to everyone a simple message: whatever issues you are facing, the Ombuds is here to listen to you; the Office is open for you. From time to time I hear that someone had to leave his/her
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Fear of retaliation?
Fear of retaliation? Val* joined CERN a few years ago on a limited duration contract. He is now entering his fourth year at CERN and hopes – given his excellent results, his important technical responsibilities and his good periodical assessments – to be granted a long-term contract. The position he holds is considered essential in
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Confidentiality
Confidentiality Jane* came to the Ombuds to share her concerns about the actions of Mike*, one of her senior colleague supervisors, and insisted on the absolute confidentiality. The Ombuds promised to keep the information confidential following the terms of his mandate. During the discussion it appeared that the whole group was affected by the situation,
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A section leader on a limited-duration contract
A section leader on a limited-duration contract Bob* has been working at CERN for almost four years on a limited-duration contract. Due to the early retirement of one of his colleagues, he was appointed Section Leader very early in his career, as he was the only one who was able to replace this person. As
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Users and staff members
Users and staff members Pam* and Jeff* are both physicists working on the same project for an experiment. Pam is from a collaborating institute and Jeff is a CERN staff member. As the project is being developed at CERN they both share the same technical support available in the Laboratory. At the beginning they organised