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Parental Leave

Effective Date

Jan 01, 2023

Summary of Changes

​The parental leave policy supersedes UNDP's policies on Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave and Adoption Leave for the administration of parental leave in respect of a child born or adopted on or after 1 January 2023. For a staff member with a child born or adopted on 31 December 2022 or earlier, UNDP's policies on maternity, paternity, and adoption leave will continue to apply until completion of the respective leave entitlement contained in those policies. The parental leave policy provides for a period of 16 weeks of leave for all birth parents, plus an additional period of 10 weeks (for a total of 26 weeks) for gestational birth parents (consisting of a pre and post-natal leave period). This replaces the previous allocation of 16 weeks for maternity leave, 4 or 8 weeks for paternity leave, and 8 weeks for adoption leave. UNDP's policies on maternity, paternity, and adoption leave are valid until 31 December 2023 and will be retired thereafter.
 

Protection against Retaliation

Effective Date

Jan 09, 2023

Summary of Changes

​The UNDP Policy For Protection Against Retaliation (PaR) has been updated to, inter alia, align the definition of a “prima facie case of retaliation” in the policy with that of the UN Secretariat’s Secretary-General’s bulletin on protection against retaliation for reporting misconduct and for cooperating with duly authorized audits or investigations. The revised policy also now stipulates that any request to the Chairperson of the Ethics Panel of the United Nations (EPUN) to review a PaR determination of the UNDP Ethics Office is to be submitted within 30 days of receiving notification of the determination.

Partner Personnel Services Agreement

Effective Date

Jan 15, 2023

Summary of Changes

This update is to extend the date of transition of partner personnel currently on Service Contracts to Partner Personnel Service Agreements from 31 January 2023 to 31 December 2023.

Salary Advance

Effective Date

Jan 15, 2023

Summary of Changes

​The policy has been revised to clearly specify the reasons, terms and conditions for all permitted salary advances as well as the types of request for salary advances which are not allowable.

Internship

Effective Date

Jan 15, 2023

Summary of Changes

​Provisions have been included in UNDP’s internship framework to provide for remote interns who are eligible to a reduced stipend at the remote internship rate. Offices in non-family duty stations and other dangerous locations which are not permitted to offer in-person internships, will now be able to offer remote internships. Specific guidance to managers on how to best engage interns remotely is provided.

International Personnel Services Agreement

Effective Date

Jan 15, 2023

Summary of Changes
The International Personnel Services Agreement (IPSA) policy has been reformatted and amended in the following areas:
  • Clarification of general conditions and legal status of IPSAs
  • Clarification of selection process for different types of IPSAs
  • Duration of regular and short-term IPSAs
  • Provisions related to issuance of regular IPSAs
  • Clarification that IPSAs are not Internal candidates for UNDP staff vacancies
  • Process for making modification to IPSA functions
  • IPSA assignment travel entitlements
  • Conditions for parental leave for birth parents during the first year of the IPSA contract
  • Conditions for IPSAs to take unpaid leave
  • Confirmation that IPSAs can undertake detail assignments

National Personnel Services Agreement

Effective Date

Jan 15, 2023

Summary of Changes
The National Personnel Services Agreement (NPSA) policy has been reformatted and amended in the following areas:
• Clarification of general conditions and legal status of NPSAs
• Clarification of selection process for different types of NPSAs
• Duration of regular and short-term NPSAs
• Provisions related to issuance of regular NPSAs
• Clarification that NPSAs are not Internal candidates for UNDP staff vacancies
• Process for making modification to NPSA functions
• Conditions for parental leave for birth parents during the first year of the NPSA contract
• Conditions for NPSAs to take unpaid leave
• Confirmation that NPSAs can undertake detail assignments
• Provision of flexibility for NPSAs serving on national Implementation projects
• Possibility for creation of special NPSA remuneration Scales under certain conditions
• Extension of overtime entitlement to NPSA levels 4 to 7

Common Services Project Management

Effective Date

Jan 16, 2023

Summary of Changes

​The policy has been updated to reflect UNDP’s transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum in January 2023, replacing its previous ATLAS system.

Quantum Financial Closure Instructions

Effective Date

Jan 17, 2023

Summary of Changes

​The policy and procedures have been updated to reflect UNDP’s transition to its new cloud-based management platform Quantum in January 2023, replacing its previous ATLAS system.

Procurement Methods

Effective Date

Jan 23, 2023

Summary of Changes

​Paragraphs 20 and 22 of the policy have been updated to align with the already published provisions on Micro-purchasing that is now processed in Quantum.

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