The UNOG Staff Coordinating Council is pleased to organize for its staff member’s children, a children’s Spring party, which will take place on Wednesday 29 April from 1:30pm to 5:30pm. For instructions and registration forms, please refer the attached documents. Le Conseil de Coordination des Nations Unies de Genève est heureux d’organiser pour les enfants…
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Tell us what you think about changes to your salary, education grant, and other benefits | Votre avis sur les changements dans la rémunération, les indemnités pour frais d’études et autres indemnités
As you may be aware, the compensation for staff in the Professional and higher categories is currently being reviewed. The review will affect how and how much you are paid and includes proposals relating to your salary, education and relocation grants, hardship and other allowances. The review is being conducted by the International Civil Service…
Change of pay day | Changement de la date de paie
With the introduction of Umoja, certain business practices will need to be harmonized across the UN’s offices. This could include the day on which your salary is paid. UNOG is currently reviewing the effects of changing our pay day from 4 to 5 working days before the end of the month to the last banking…
Public Services International calls on SG Ban Ki-moon to oppose pay cuts for UN frontline staff
In a letter sent today, Public Services International (PSI), called on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to oppose planned pay cuts of up to 10 percent for UN frontline staff, many working in the world’s most dangerous locations. In the letter, PSI President, Rosa Pavanelli, stated that “cuts are unacceptable as working conditions on the frontlines continue to worsen. At the…
Results of the 2015 Staff Council elections and referendum
The results of the 2015 Staff Council elections and referendum are attached.
Inter-agency Games 2015
The Sports Commission invites you to the 42nd Inter-Agency Games 2015 which will be held in Salou, Tarragona, Spain from 29 April to 3 May 2015. DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS FRIDAY 13 MARCH 2015 The Official website, including complete rules, is http://www.interagencygames.org/iag2015 The cost for participating in the IAG is as follows: The package is…
Elections to the Staff Coordinating Council 2015
Additional elections to the Joint Bodies
Townhall on the new Swiss nationality law – Friday 6 February, 12.30 p.m.
Listen to a recording of this meeting. As of 2016, a new law on Swiss nationality (read more about it here) will prevent holders of a carte de légitimation, be they staff, spouses or children, from applying for Swiss nationality, regardless of years spent in Switzerland. In order to better hear your concerns, answer your questions…
New Swiss nationality law
Following questions raised at Tuesday’s General Assembly, we would like to brief you on the new Swiss nationality law and what we have been doing with regards to it. The Swiss parliament agreed a new law in June 2014 changing conditions for applying for Swiss citizenship. These changes will likely enter into force during 2016. There are…