Click here for the survey. As you may be aware, UN management chiefs are proposing plans that, if implemented, will fundamentally change long-established standards of employment, including contract security, and replace them with a model that is perceived as being more in line with the practices of the uberized ‘gig’ economy, characterized by precarious working relationships. Instead…
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The upcoming townhall on SHP | Réunion générale sur le Plan stratégique patrimonial
The Transition Team is organizing a townhall on Thursday 21 January at 10 a.m. on building H, renovations and moves. We encourage you to attend the townhall and bring up your concerns.
Here is what the UN Pension Fund is trying to hide from you and the General Assembly | Voici ce que la Caisse des pensions de l’ONU essaie de cacher, à vous et à l’Assemblée générale
Last Friday, the Chair of the Pension Board went before the General Assembly to attack your elected representatives on the Board (known as UN participant representatives) for having raised their concerns to them about the Fund’s dysfunctions. As you may know, the General Assembly is the Fund’s supervisory authority and ultimate decision-maker. The Chair accused…
Holiday greetings to all our colleagues | Joyeuses fêtes à tous nos collègues
It is perhaps an understatement to say that this year has been exceptional, filled with many unprecedented challenges. We would especially like to offer our sympathies to those who have lost loved ones. These once-in-a-century challenges brought about by the Covid pandemic have tested our resilience and our faith in our capacity to overcome them….
Survey results: While your welfare has suffered, you remain positive about your work and miss the office | Résultats de l’enquête : Bien que votre bien-être en ait souffert, vous restez positif et avez envie d’être sur le lieu de travail
Thank you for replying to our survey on staff welfare during pandemic and its restrictions. The results are here. Broadly: Two-thirds of you agreed that your welfare had suffered. Three-quarters of you have not taken as much annual leave as normal. Eighty per cent of you miss being able to socialize. Of note for managers:…
Latest updates on fixed-term contracts | Informations mises à jour sur les contrats à durée déterminée
We would like to update you on the issue of how fixed-term contracts are renewed, and subject of much concern to many of you. As you may be aware, ST/AI/2014/3 indicates that fixed-terms can be granted for up to five years. However, many departments have not been making use of this administrative instruction, limiting the…
The December issue of UN Today is now out | Le numéro de décembre du UN Today est désormais disponible
The December issue of UN Today, Geneva’s staff magazine, is out today. Highlights include: Has Covid changed forever how we work at the UN, what of agile contracts, and is the ICSC improving? Do online meetings really work when the stakes are high? Michelle Bachelet on what she has achieved since she joined The UK’s…
Our meeting with management on UNOPS contracts, CDLs, sick leave and other matters | Notre réunion avec l’Administration sur les contrats UNOPS, les Cartes de légitimation, le congé maladie et d’autres questions
We would like to share with you the outcome of the latest meeting of the Joint Negotiation Committee (JNC), which took place on 20 November. For memory the JNC brings together the Staff Council and Management in Geneva to examine and resolve issues relating to “staff welfare, including conditions of employment and of work specific to…
Staff Council message: Outcome of staff townhall of 19 November | Résultats de la réunion générale du 19 novembre
We would like to thank all those of you who joined us for 19 November’s townhall. For those who couldn’t join, the recording is attached here. We apologize for the length of the message, but a lot of topics were covered. Below is a summary of the main points as communicated during the meeting: New Uber-style,…
Audit report | Rapport des vérificateurs aux comptes
We would like to share with you the audit report of the 2018-2019 Council accounts, which we have recently received. We would like to express our very sincere thanks to our fellow colleague internal auditors who made it possible. We are pleased that the report notes the accounts and records were kept in order. We…