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56 The bright new Gigiri Recreation Centre, home to an array of modern sporting facilities as well as a full-size football and rugby pitch. The smart new lobby of the Norfolk Hotel, which recently celebrated its 100th birthday.
CHAPTER 8: WORKING IN NAIROBI Working at Gigiri The Working Environment The United Nations Gigiri Complex is a thoroughly multi-cultural environment, with dozens of nationalities, races and religions all living and working in easy harmony.Although different agencies have different working terms and conditions, there are some basic conditions that exist throughout the complex. All the main agencies require their employees to work for four days a week between the hours of 8am and 4.30pm, with a 45-minute lunch break to be taken between 12pm and 2pm, while on Fridays, working hours are 8am-2.30pm with a 30-minute lunch break. Whilst there is no official dress code at the UN Gigiri Complex, staff are expected to dress in a decent and sensitive manner as befits their standing as international civil servants. Contracts and terms of service are arranged individually with each employee through their agency’s Human Resources Section. For employees of UNEP, UN-HABITAT and UNON, issues of protocol – visas, PIN cards, vehicle registration, etc. – are handled by UNON’s Host Country Relations Unit (Room W-215), while UNICEF and UNDP staff have such issues dealt with by their Protocol Offices (Rooms F-213 and Q-220 respectively). Details on these issues are contained in this chapter. Annual Leave & Public Holidays Both local and international staff with fixed term contract in all the UN agencies (including those on temporary fixed term contracts) are entitled to two-and-a-half days of annual leave in each calendar month, or 30 days per annum. Different UN agencies have different policies relating to other leave entitlements. For example UNICEF offers new fathers eight weeks paternity leave on a flexible basis whilst UN employees are permitted seven days of uncertified sick leave per year as their paternity leave entitlement. There are policies governing durations of full-pay and half-pay certified sick leave which depend upon the nature of contract and duration of 57
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KARIBU KENYA An orientation guide f
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Credits: Written by Ralph Johnstone
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Acknowledgements The production of
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CHAPTER 1: KENYA Life in Kenya Ever
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new nation.The blood shed in the In
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