Author: Staff Union

This message is sent by UN staff unions on behalf of the UN participant representatives to the Pension Board. (version française en bas de page) We would like to share with you two recently-issued OIOS audits on the UN Pension Fund. The procurement audit (http://www.ccisua.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2017_110_PWCProcurementIrregularities.pdf) focuses on a $2.2 million contract with consulting firm PriceWaterhouse…

Since October, a staff-management working group has been busy working on a list of recommendations to UNOG administration with the aim of making it easier for staff to come to work by bike. In order to ensure that the recommendations (which cover issues such as bike parking, cycle routes, signalling and compound access) don’t leave…

The Choir of the United Nations Music Club, together with an invited chamber music group, have the pleasure to invite you to a lunch time Christmas concert, to be held this Wednesday 13 December 2017, at 12.30 p.m. in the Serpent Bar. Everyone is most welcome to attend the concert and sing the Christmas Carols…

With the holiday season approaching, the UNOG Staff Coordinating Council, in collaboration with GPAFI, would like to propose to you some offers that have been negotiated for all UN staff. These are a sample of the discounts/offers you can obtain by presenting your UN badge: Zurich insurance: 20% discount on standard rates for third party liability…

Many of you have noted that the Organization’s policy on parental leave does not reflect modern practice, including on: length of leave and start date; possibility to share leave between parents; leave for adoption or for surrogacy;  donation of leave; and conditions for staff on temporary appointments. To this end, and in line with our…

We have been contacted by a number of you following emails that have been circulating on acquiring Swiss nationality. Please note that these emails were not issued by the Staff Council, contain important errors of fact and have led to some confusion. We advise you to instead refer to the official Geneva brochure produced by the Office…

[Click here for the PowerPoint presentation] We are pleased to invite you to a townhall meeting on the staff selection process at the UN. Given that problems with the staff selection process generate many questions, concerns and sometimes disputes at the United Nations Dispute Tribunal, we think you will find this townhall useful; and with management…

A number of you approached us earlier this year with letters you had received from the Swiss authorities. These letters informed staff that dependents with an H carte de legitimation or those without a carte de legitimation, were required to subscribe to a local medical LaMal medical insurance, even if they were already covered by…