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 11 May 2016 from 1.30 to 5.30 pm. For instructions and registration forms, please refer to the attached document. Le Conseil de Coordination des Nations Unies de Genève est heureux d’organiser pour…
Staff-Management Committee
Dear Colleagues, As you may be aware, the Staff-Management Committee (SMC) will be meeting next week in Vienna. The SMC is the global body for staff-management negotiations. Please find here all relevant papers as received. In advance of the meeting, we would appreciate any comments that you may have so that we can formulate our…
Changes to General Service salaries | Changements de salaire pour les agents des services généraux
As you may have seen, administration has issued new salary scales for colleagues in the general service category who will join after 1 June 2016. Please note that the revised allowances for staff with dependents and secondary dependents will only be discussed and validated in August this year. In line with the methodology for determining…
Flexible workplace strategies in the SHP | Stratégies de gestion souple de l’espace de travail dans le PSP
Letter addressed to the Secretary-General by the staff unions of the United Nations regarding flexible workplace strategies in the context of the Strategic Heritage Plan (SHP). Lettre adressée au Secrétaire général par les syndicats du personnel des Nations Unies concernant les stratégies de gestion souple de l’espace de travail dans le cadre du Plan stratégique patrimonial (PSP).
Current situation at UNRISD | Situation actuelle à l’UNRISD
Letter addressed to the UN Secretary-General by the Executive Secretary of the UNOG Staff Coordinating Council regarding the current situation at UNRISD. Lettre adressée au Secrétaire général de l’ONU par le Secrétaire exécutif du Conseil de coordination du personnel de l’ONUG concernant la situation actuelle à l’UNRISD.
Retirement age | Age de la retraite
As you will recall, the General Assembly passed a resolution last December, based on our hard-fought and drawn out campaign, to allow staff who joined before 1 January 2014 to be able to choose to retire at 65 should they wish. The General Assembly added that the implementation date for this new measure should be…
Our statement on proposed open office workspace at recent SHP townhall | Intervention lors de la réunion d’information récente sur l’espace de bureau ouvert proposé
Dear Colleagues, As you may be aware, the Director-General kindly organized a townhall recently to present the latest developments in the renovations of the Palais des Nations. An important but unwelcome feature is a proposal to introduce open office space with an option for hot-desking to staff moved to the new building. We expressed our…
Our statement on proposed open office workspace at last week’s SHP townhall
Dear Colleagues, As you may be aware, the Director-General kindly organized a townhall last week to present the latest developments in the renovations of the Palais des Nations. An important but unwelcome feature is a proposal to introduce open office space to staff moved to the new building. We expressed our strong concerns, which built…
Long service medal awards ceremony | Cérémonie de remise de médailles pour service prolongé
Dear colleagues, The long service medal award ceremony will take place on 12 April 2016, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m in Room XIX. We will recognize staff who have completed the extraordinary achievement of having 25 years (silver medal) or 30 years (gold medal) of service with the organization. The medals will be presented by…
Sign this petition to resolve problems at our pension fund | Signez cette pétition pour régler les problèmes à la Caisse des pensions
Dear colleagues, As you will be aware, staff retiring from the UN (and that could be any of us one day) must now wait six months before receiving their first pension payment, putting thousands in financial penury. This is largely due to the poor implementation of a new IT system at the UN Joint Staff…