The targets of United Nations International Civil Servants' Federation is to promote amongst its member workers associations a coordinated technique on matters of typical curiosity and to reinforce representation of its members in negotiations with bodies from the United Nations typical technique.
Boost improved knowing between the Administration of the United Nations Secretariat, UNDP, UNFPA, UNESCO, UNOPS, UNWOMEN, UNV and UNFSU, specifically in formulating and applying guidelines, guidelines, rules and polices, impacting employees.
Promote cooperation with UN Prevalent Technique Workers Associations and Unions on matters governing disorders of assistance Together with the United Nations and Specialized Companies. These goals are pursued by means of conversations and negotiations Along with the Worldwide Civil Company Fee as well as the respective administration of your Customers.
If everyone is transferring forward together, then accomplishment requires treatment of by itself.
This is WHAT The overall ASSEMBLY Selected RETIREMENT Cash flow, Advertising Prospective buyers And also other STAFF Added benefits
We hope you had a very good break. Throughout the last couple of months team representatives from all Unions are actually Performing difficult with customers of the General Assembly, in order to receive the very best results for staff.
Remember to find under a summary of what was obtained along with where by much more operate will be necessary.
-Greater retirement revenue
The overall Assembly authorised the proposal to boost retirement cash flow for P team by 4.4 %, bringing it nearer into the proportion of final salary acquired by G staff members for virtually any number of a long time worked. We started off engaged on this back in January 2018, initial throughout the ICSC and afterwards in the Pension Board.
-Correcting the pension fund
The General Assembly passed a landmark resolution addressing most of the considerations that we are already increasing with regards to how the Fund has long been governed and the Board continues to be behaving and representing your passions. This involves troubles relevant to previous payment backlog, conflicts of fascination and deficiency of integrity.
-More Gains for workers in spouse and children E responsibility stations
We lifted The difficulty of team in spouse and children D and E responsibility stations who pick out never to provide their family members as a result of very poor residing situations and need to as a result pay for the costs of the next household in other places. The overall Assembly accepted a pilot advantage for E duty stations of $15,000 a calendar year. In time we hope this gain will protect far more places.
-Guarding all personnel from retaliation and prohibited perform
So as to defend all personnel and address harassment and harmful workplaces, the overall Assembly accepted proposals to provide all staff which include consultants and interns use of treatments against prohibited perform.
-Safeguarding workers who testify at the tribunal and endorsing accountability
Pursuing considerations that we happen to be boosting, the overall Assembly asked the Secretary-Typical to handle retaliation by managers versus personnel who may testify versus them with the UN Dispute Tribunal or UN Appeals Tribunal. Also according to our concerns, it requested the Secretary-Common to generally be far more specific on no matter if he disciplines professionals referred whom the tribunals have discovered to get abused the procedure.
-Limitations to FS/GS staff
Irrespective of lots of Focus on this make a difference advocating for FS/GS team to be able to freely utilize to P-1, P-two and P-3 positions to which They can be qualified, the overall Assembly made a decision to postpone thought of the problem until eventually the end of the calendar year. Several fears had been lifted by member states with regards to how this proposal would impact geographical distribution, YPPs and JPOs. There exists therefore a lot more do the job to accomplish.
-Baby allowance
Despite a suggestion with the ICSC to boost , this was not permitted, we believe, for Expense good reasons.
-End of support UNISERV grant
We pushed really hard for an ex-gratia payment to be produced to prolonged-company staff whose set-expression contracts are usually not renewed, using examples from governments and Worldwide businesses. Regardless of the aid from the ICSC, this proposal was not accredited. In gentle of the, we are going to be turning our focus to ensuring the awarding of a lot more five-12 months fastened-time period contracts for United Nations International Civil Servants Federation people suitable.