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	News archive 31-5-2010 | CCISUA General Assembly Adopts an Ambitious Agenda, Elects New Bureau for 2010-2011 Full story... 17-4-2010 | URGENT: XXV CCISUA General Assembly POSTPONED Full story... 22-1-2010 | UNAIDS Staff Member Carries Olympic Torch Full story... 13-1-2010 | CCISUA President Offers Condolences to the People of Haiti Full story... 16-7-2009 | CCISUA Members Pause to Remember Fallen UNHCR Staffer Full story... 10-7-2009 | CCISUA Pushes Forward on a New End of Service Grant, Mandatory Age of Separation, GS Job Evaluation Standards and the Employment Relationship at the 69th Session of the ICSC Full story... 7-5-2009 | CCISUA Signs Partnership with UN Plus Full story... 29-4-2009 | CCISUA Holds XXIV General Assembly Full story... 25-4-2008 | XXIII CCISUA General Assembly Held at ILO, Geneva Full story...   CCISUA Pushes Forward on a New End of Service Grant, Mandatory Age of Separation, GS Job Evaluation Standards and the Employment Relationship at the 69th Session of the ICSC 10-7-2009 | MONTREAL, 10 July 2009 – Meetings of the International Civil Service Commission are often seen as challenging by Staff Representatives, and this Session was no exception. However, a number of important advances were made in the 69th Session of the ICSC in Montreal. Rita Ann Wallace, CCISUA Vice-President and Chairperson of the UNICEF GSA, and Christopher Land-Kazlauskas, CCISUA President and Chairperson of the ILO Staff Union Committee represented the Federation at this session. For the first time in many years, the Commission agreed to a new entitlement. In no small part due to the preparation and lobbying by CCISUA and its members in both the 68th and 69th Sessions, as well as strong collaboration between CCISUA, FICSA, UNISERV and the HR Network, the Commission has agreed to introduce an End of Service Grant. All organizations had been employing staff over long periods using a succession of fixed-term appointments, which CCISUA’s Conference Room Paper pointed out was not in line with International Labour Standards and national law and practice. This was largely a result of restrictions placed on the provision of permanent contracts by the Member States. Given the very real possibility of reduced budgets among the organizations, it was believed that such social protection measures were particularly necessary in the current context. The onus is now on all three Federations to ensure this new entitlement passes the Fifth Committee. On the Mandatory Age of Separation, our efforts were successful in ensuring that any decision on the matter would be fully informed by the actuarial evaluation of the Pension Fund, reforms to the plan design and subsequent decisions taken by the Pension Board related to the normal age of retirement. However, an important reference is included in the report questioning the discretion of the executive heads to extend staff members beyond the mandatory age of separation. The Review of the Job Evaluation Standards for the GS and Related Categories represented another important area where strong collaboration succeeded in ensuring that the system would not be promulgated until all elements were finalized. An important issue which CCISUA pushed for in the Commission’s workplan was the Employment Relationship. While it is hoped that the new contractual framework would address some of the problems and inequities related to employment security, CCISUA noted that there was a large population of so-called “non-staff” which we believed to actually be in a dependent employment relationship with the Organizations. A phenomenon which staff representatives in all Organizations will surely recognize, and which was brought to the attention of the ICSC Chairman during our General Assembly in ECA, CCISUA urged that the Commission consider possible solutions for precarious workers who served for as many as 20 years without pension rights or health insurance. It is recommended that CCISUA undertake a background study with a view to complementing the work being undertaken by the HR Network, and to establishing guidelines on determining an employment relationship in the UN context, in line with ILO Recommendation 198. Early discussions with FICSA and UNISERV indicated some willingness to partner on this important issue. Print story  |  Send as e-mail  |  Home
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