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The policy has been revised to clearly specify the terms and conditions for termination of staff appointments including the amount of the termination payments which are applicable. 

9 January 2023

Classification of Posts | Allowances and Benefits | Salaries | Recruitment and Selection | Mobility | Types of Appointment | Types of Leave | Insurance Plans | Compensation | Entitlement Travel | Types of Separation | Fellowship | Personnel Services | Internship | Non-Staff

The following policies 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. Classification of Posts Job Evaluation (procedures updated) Salaries and Related AllowancesMobility and Hardship (procedures updated)Overtime Compensation (policy updated)Pensionable Remuneration (procedures updated)Salary Advance (policy and procedures updated)Settling-in Grant (policy updated) Appointment and Promotion Interim Roster Rules of Procedure (policy updated)Mobility (procedures updated)Temporar ...

The following policies 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. Classification of Posts Job Evaluation (procedures updated) Salaries and Related AllowancesMobility and Hardship (procedures updated)Overtime Compensation (policy updated)Pensionable Remuneration (procedures updated)Salary Advance (policy and procedures updated)Settling-in Grant (policy updated) Appointment and Promotion Interim Roster Rules of Procedure (policy updated)Mobility (procedures updated)Temporary Appointment Annual and Special LeaveAdoption Leave (procedures updated)Annual Leave (policy and procedures updated)Family Leave (policy updated)Maternity Leave (procedures updated)Paternity Leave ( procedures updated)Sick Leave (policy and procedures updated)Special Leave (policy updated) Social Security After-Service Health Insurance (ASHI MIP) (procedures updated)After-Service Health Insuranc (ASHI UN) (procedures updated)Dental Insurance_UN NY Cigna Dental Plan (procedures updated)Compensation for Death, Injury or Illness – Appendix D (procedures updated)Eligibility for International Benefits and Entitlements and Determination of Official UN Nationality (procedures updated)Group Life Insurance Plan (GLIP) (procedures updated)Medical Insurance: Medical Insurance Plan (MIP) (procedures updated)Medical Insurance UN NY Aetna Medical Insurance (procedures updated)Medical insurance UN NY Empire Blue Cross PPO Medical Insurance (procedures updated)Medical Insurance UN NY HIP Health Plan (procedures updated)Medical Insurance : UN Worldwide Medical Insurance Plan (procedures updated) Travel and Removal Expenses Chartered Medical Evacuation Travel (CMET) (procedures updated)Home leave (procedures updated)Family Visit (procedures updated)Medical Evacuation Travel (procedures updated) Separation from Services Mandatory age of separation (procedures updated) Non-Staff Fellowship (procedures updated)International Personnel Services Agreement (policy updated)Internship (procedures updated)National Personnel Services Agreement (policy updated)Non-Reimbursable Loan Agreement (procedures updated)Service Contract (policy updated)

​The Termination of Appointment policy is now available in French. To access the document, click on the French language tab.

​The following policies are now available in Spanish. To access the content, click on the Spanish language tab of the respective policy page:Temporary AppointmentSelection and Reassignment Policy International Rotational Posts Rules and Procedures for the UNDP Compliance Review Panel (CRP) Absence Management Guidelines Annual LeaveFlexible Working Arrangements  Time off for Breastfeeding Termination of Appointment Performance Management and DevelopmentService Contracts

11 June 2019

Types of Separation

​The Death policy is available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.

​The Expiration of Fixed-Term Appointment policy is available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.

​The Termination of Appointment for Reasons of Health policy is available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.

​The Abandonment of Post policy is available in Spanish. To access the document, click on the Spanish language tab.

The new policy highlights that the approval of agreed separations remains discretionary and is not an entitlement. The policy also provides a sliding payment scale for additional discretionary amounts that UNDP could pay in cases of agreed separation of staff. As of 1 January 2018, the 'Termination of Appointment' policy supersedes the Termination Indemnity policy and the guidelines in the UNDP Agreed Separation Arrangements. Terminations of appointment and separations resulting from an approved Rationale for Change prior to 1 January 2018 will continue to follow the UNDP Agreed Separation Arr ...

The new policy highlights that the approval of agreed separations remains discretionary and is not an entitlement. The policy also provides a sliding payment scale for additional discretionary amounts that UNDP could pay in cases of agreed separation of staff.

As of 1 January 2018, the 'Termination of Appointment' policy supersedes the Termination Indemnity policy and the
guidelines in the UNDP Agreed Separation Arrangements. Terminations of appointment and separations resulting from an approved Rationale for Change prior to 1 January 2018 will continue to follow the UNDP Agreed Separation Arrangements.

This policy replaces the “Retirement” Policy and is UNDP’s implementation of the New Compensation Package approved by the General Assembly [GA Resolution 70/244 in February 2016]. Key changes are as follows: a) In accordance with UN Staff Regulation 9.2, the age for mandatory separation in UNDP is age 60 for staff members that are recruited before 1 January 1990; age 62 for staff members that are recruited on or after 1 January 1990 and age 65 for staff members that are recruited on or after 1 January, 2014. b) Former staff members may not receive compensation of more than US$ 50,000 for u ...

This policy replaces the “Retirement” Policy and is UNDP’s implementation of the New Compensation Package approved by the General Assembly [GA Resolution 70/244 in February 2016]. Key changes are as follows:
a) In accordance with UN Staff Regulation 9.2, the age for mandatory separation in UNDP is age 60 for staff members that are recruited before 1 January 1990; age 62 for staff members that are recruited on or after 1 January 1990 and age 65 for staff members that are recruited on or after 1 January, 2014.
b) Former staff members may not receive compensation of more than US$ 50,000 for up to six months of employment or engagement, without suspension of his or her UNJSPF retirement benefit.