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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.

Source: Elements of Remuneration

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The remuneration of internationally recruited staff members comprises of all or several of the following elements. a) Base salary; b) Post adjustment; c) Rental subsidy/deduction scheme; d) Mobility and hardship allowance; e) Allowances relating to the family status of the staff member; f) One-time allowances relating to appointment, assignment, reassignment, or separation, such as: i) Assignment grant; ii) Repatriation grant; iii) Termination indemnity; iv) Commutation of annual leave; g) Ad hoc allowances relating to unique situations, such as: i) Danger Pay; ii) Extended monthly evacuation allowance; iii) Special operations living allowance; iv) Hardship Allowance.

Source: Elements of Remuneration

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The purpose of the night differential is to compensate staff members performing night-time duty functions. Hours of Night-Time Duty. For staff members stationed in: a) Headquarters duty stations, night-time duty hours are between 6:00 pm and 9:30 a.m. b) Non-headquarters duty stations, night-time duty hours are established by the Resident Representatives (RR), following interagency consultation.

Source: Night Differential

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Overtime means the time worked in excess of the scheduled workday or scheduled workweek or during any of the UN official holidays. 2. The following is not considered as overtime: a) Time spent travelling to and from the place of work; b) Work performed during the lunch period; c) Work performed outside regular working hours due to the adoption of a shift system except when the total time worked exceeds the scheduled workday or workweek. Overtime compensation (OC) is payable to General Service (GS) staff members, with Permanent, Continuing or Fixed-Term appointments governed by the UN Staff Regulations and Staff Rules. OC is neither payable to National Professional Officers (NPOs) nor to International Professional staff members.

Source: Overtime Compensation

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The purpose of a within-grade salary increment from one step to the next higher step within the established salary scale is to award a staff member an increase in salary for satisfactory performance and conduct during a qualifying period. The qualifying period is one year, except for movement to longevity steps as specified in the respective salary scale. For staff at or above P-2 step 12, P-3 step 14, P-4 step 13, P-5 step 11, D-1 step 5, and all steps at D-2, the qualifying period is two years. Award of the increment is subject to confirmation of the staff member’s satisfactory performance in his/ her assignments and conduct as evaluated by his/her supervisor(s) and documented in UNDP’s performance evaluation mechanism; and to the existence of a higher step within the staff member’s current grade in the respective salary scale.

Source: Salary Increments
In order to avoid inequalities in the level of taxation between staff members of different nationalities, a uniform amount of tax (i.e., staff assessment) is levied by the United Nations and only the resulting net amount is paid to the staff member. Like most national income tax scales, the scale of staff assessment is progressive, i.e., the higher the salary, the higher the percentage rate of assessment. The amount of the staff assessment is credited to the Tax Equalization Fund. 3. Those Member States that do not impose income tax on UN earnings receive a portion of the Tax Equalization Fund as an offset against their assessments for the UN regular budget, peacekeeping, and tribunal budgets. When staff members have to pay national income taxes on their UN earnings, they are reimbursed from the Tax Equalization Fund irrespective of the total amount of staff assessment deducted from their salaries.

Source: Staff Assessment

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