ANNEX II - UNOPS

6.4.6 Accumulated sick leave days are not carried over from one contract year to the next.
6.4.7 Unused sick leave is not commutable to cash.
6.5 Annual Leave (AL)
6.5.1 Contractors deployments (both local and international) with a duration of three (3) months or longer
are entitled to paid annual leave of two-and-a-half (2.5) working days per month for rest and
recuperation purposes, which may be accumulated during the contract period.
6.5.2 All annual leave must be taken within the period of the Contractor’s deployment under the
Agreement and respective Call-Off Contract. When the Contractor’s deployment under the
Agreement and respective Call-Off Contract is extended for an additional period, the Contractor may
carry over accumulated annual leave days to the subsequent contract period. However, a maximum
of eighteen (18) days of annual leave can be carried over as of the annual leave cut-off date of 1
April of any given year.
6.5.3 Unused annual leave is not commutable to cash.
6.6 Maternity Leave
6.6.1 ICs are not entitled for paid maternity leave.
6.6.2 LCs deployments of six (6) months or longer provide for 16 continuous weeks of paid maternity
leave.
6.6.3 Contractors must submit the request for maternity leave at least three (3) months prior to its start and
the request should be accompanied by a certification from a doctor or midwife stating the Expected
Date of Delivery (EDD).
6.6.4 Maternity leave must begin between two (2) and six (6) weeks prior to EDD and be taken in one
consecutive period.
6.6.5 Maternity leave must fall within and be taken during the contract period. Where maternity leave has
started during the contract period but the contract is due to expire during the period of the maternity
leave, the contract will be extended to cover the full sixteen (16)-week duration of the maternity
leave. No leave will accumulate during the extended period.
6.7 Paternity Leave
6.7.1 ICs are not entitled for paid paternity leave.
6.7.2 LC deployments of six (6) months or longer provide four (4) weeks of paid paternity leave, provided
that the LC has had at least six (6) months of service with UNOPS under the Agreement and
respective Call-Off Contract(s) at the time of the birth of the child.
6.7.3 Paternity leave may be taken in either one (1) period or two (2) periods of equal duration during the
first twelve (12) months from the birth.
6.7.4 Eligible LCs must submit the request for paternity leave at least three (3) months prior to the
expected start of paternity leave and the request should be accompanied by a certification from a
doctor or midwife stating the Expected Date of Delivery (EDD) or a copy of the child’s birth
certificate.
6.7.5 Paternity leave is limited to one (1) occurrence per twelve (12) months, regardless of the number of
children born during that twelve (12)-month period, and can be used a maximum of six (6) times
during the total deployment under the Agreement and respective Call-Off Contract(s).
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