Author: Staff Union

In February we shared with you the proposal by the Secretary-General to the General Assembly to revise the rules on travel. This involved replacing the business class threshold of 9 hours for direct journeys and 11 hours for indirect journeys with a single threshold of 10 hours for all journeys. That proposal is now being negotiated by…

Within the outreach efforts made by the Office of Administration of Justice, a “Staff Member’s Guide to Resolving Disputes” was issued. This guide provides staff with an overview of informal and formal conflict resolution mechanisms available for staff, and guidance on the free legal advice made available by the Office of Staff Legal Assistance. We hope…

At the start of this year the Secretary-General signed off on a new system giving heads of offices and departments powers in how to interpret and apply the UN’s human resources policies on their own staff and to make exceptions to any of the important administrative issuances that have been so painstakingly negotiated between staff…

We would like to share with you this article, just published on iSeek, which shows how the UN’s plan to offshore 750 back office jobs to cheaper locations, could end up losing money, as well as lead to a decline in service quality. This finding contradicts the main selling point of the global service delivery…

We can all agree that the diversity of the United Nations is critical to its credibility, functioning and effectiveness in addressing human rights issues, peace and security, and meeting the Sustainable Developments Goals in the 21st century. While the UN Charter emphasizes that equitable geographical representation is an important aspect of human resources management for the…