Outcome of townhall on GS career development | Résultats de la Réunion générale sur le développement de carrière pour les agents des services généraux

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Published on Tuesday, 19 July 2016 19:06

Thank you for participating in our townhall on General Service career development. At the meeting, we presented this powerpoint on the results of two surveys of GS staff, once conducted in Geneva, the other globally. This led to a rich and meaningful discussion that provided us with clear direction for going forward. A summary of our meeting follows:

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Opt out now from the internal justice tax | Quittez le régime de taxe pour la justice interne

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Published on Monday, 18 July 2016 19:05

Two years ago, staff were asked to contribute a new "justice tax" of 0.05 percent of your salary to help fund the Office of Staff Legal Assistance (OSLA), a body which provides legal advice and representation to staff to contest administrative decisions against them. You are currently paying this through payroll deduction unless you opted out.

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Staff position papers on retirement age and placement of Secretary-General's staff | Documents de position sur l’âge de la retraire et le placement du personnel travaillant pour le Secrétaire général

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Published on Friday, 15 July 2016 11:13

In our last broadcast on retirement age we informed you that the Staff-Management Committee had failed to reach agreement on the implementation date for the new policy that allows staff who joined before 2014 to be able to choose to retire at 65. 

As a result of this disagreement, SMC procedures require each side (staff and management) to make submissions to the Secretary-General promoting their respective positions. For memory, staff had argued for 1 January 2017 and management for 1 January 2018.

The joint staff union submission, arguing for 2017, can be read here.

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Act now to protect our Pension Fund | Agissez maintenant pour sauver notre Caisse des pensions

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Published on Thursday, 14 July 2016 16:12

Act Now to protect our pension fund!

• Proposed financial rules remove pension fund from the United Nations and allow outsourcing to banks and hedge funds.
• This is backed by new human resources policy that reduces independence of staff who manage our money and exacerbates climate of fear inside Fund.
• Pension payment delays remain significant despite claims to the contrary.
• To protect our retirement income, unions call on Board members to block new financial rules, on Secretary-General to rescind human resources changes and for the fund to pay new retirees on time.

PETITION LINK: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/The_Board_of_the_UN_Pension_Fund_and_SecretaryGeneral_Ban_Kimoon_Save_our_pension_fund/?cRtCggb

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