Danger Pay is “a special allowance established for internationally and locally-recruited staff who are required to work in locations where very dangerous conditions prevail. Danger Pay came into effect on 1 April 2012. With the implementation of Danger Pay, Hazard Pay and Extended Hazard Pay are discontinued. Information on locations where Danger Pay applies is updated every three months and can be found on the ICSC site.
Refers to the death benefit that will be paid when a staff member dies and leaves a surviving spouse or a dependent child according to the conditions set up in the Death Benefit Policy.
Deductions are made from a staff member’s salary, at the end of each month, for the following: a) Staff assessment; b) Contributions to the United Nations Joint Pension Fund (UNJSPF); c) Rental deductions; d) Medical and dental insurance premiums; e) Group life insurance premiums ; f) Indebtedness to UNDP; g) Payment to the United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU); h) Contributions to the Local Staff Association or the Staff Council.
Subject to meeting the eligibility criteria described in the policy, staff members appointed under the UN Staff Regulations and Staff Rules are entitled to receive allowances for: a) A dependent spouse ; b) A dependent child (or children); c) A dependent child of a staff member considered a single parent; or d) A secondary dependent.
The procedure initiated against a staff member pursuant to Staff Regulation 10.1, Chapter X of the Staff Rules, and Chapter IV of the present document.
Unfair treatment or arbitrary distinction based on a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status. Discrimination may be an isolated event affecting one person or a group of persons similarly situated, or may manifest itself through harassment or abuse of authority.
Duration of assignment (tour of duty) is the period of time, during which a staff member is expected to be in the position s/he has been selected for and accepted. Minimum duration of assignment (tour of duty) is the minimum period of time a staff member must stay in a position. Maximum duration of assignment (tour of duty) is the maximum period of time a staff member is allowed to stay in a position.
The obligation imposed on staff members under Staff Regulation 1.2 (r) and Staff Rule 1.2 (c) to assist in an investigation, when requested to do so, by providing information in any form, including testimony, as relevant.
The purpose of Medical Evacuation Travel (MET) is to allow staff members and eligible dependents the opportunity to secure essential medical care or treatment for a severe illness or injury requiring medical intervention which is locally unavailable or inadequate.
The failure by a staff member to comply with his or her obligations under the Charter of the United Nations, the Staff Regulations and the Staff Rules or other relevant administrative issuances, or to observe the standards of conduct expected of an international civil servant. Such a failure could be deliberate (intentional, or wilful act), or result from an extreme or aggravated failure to exercise the standard of care that a reasonable person would have exercised with respect to a reasonably foreseeable risk (gross negligence) or from a complete disregard of a risk which is likely to cause harm (recklessness).
Mobility is defined as periodic moves of staff to new or re-classified positions within the same or different occupational group/functional area, laterally or to a different level, within the same or different duty station.
The mobility and hardship scheme consists of the following non-pensionable allowances: a) A mobility incentive, which varies according to the number of assignments to field duty stations and the purpose of which is to provide an incentive for the geographic mobility of staff in support of field operations; b) A hardship allowance, the purpose of which is to compensate for the varying degrees of hardship at different field duty stations; c) A non-family service allowance, the purpose of which is to recognize service in non-family duty stations.
Monthly payments: Monthly earnings of a staff member less payroll deductions, excluding those deductions made at the request of the staff member for payment to the United Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) or a similar institution.