Staff Regulations and Rules - International Seabed Authority
Staff Regulations and Rules - International Seabed Authority
Staff Regulations and Rules - International Seabed Authority
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<strong>Staff</strong> <strong>Rules</strong>, Ch.II-103.3<br />
cHAPTER II<br />
[Omitted]<br />
cHAPTER III<br />
SALARIES AND RELATED ALLOwANcES<br />
Rule 103.1<br />
Salary scales for General Service personnel<br />
The salary scales <strong>and</strong> conditions of salary increments for staff members in the<br />
General Service category shall be those applicable to staff in the General Service<br />
category in the United Nations employed in the locality of the <strong>Authority</strong>.<br />
Rule 103.2<br />
Language allowance<br />
(a) A staff member in the General Service category shall be paid a language<br />
allowance if he or she has demonstrated proficiency in any two official languages<br />
of the <strong>Authority</strong>, by passing a proficiency examination conducted by the United<br />
Nations. <strong>Staff</strong> members whose mother tongue is an official language of the<br />
<strong>Authority</strong> must pass the prescribed examination in another official language,<br />
which may be the language in which proficiency is required for their job, in which<br />
case the language proficiency examination in the mother tongue may be waived.<br />
<strong>Staff</strong> members whose mother tongue is not an official language must pass the<br />
examination in a language other than that in which proficiency is required for their<br />
job. A second language allowance shall be paid for proficiency demonstrated by<br />
passing the prescribed test in a third official language. No staff member shall be<br />
paid a language allowance for more than two official languages.<br />
(b) <strong>Staff</strong> members in receipt of a language allowance may be required to<br />
undergo further tests at intervals of not less than five years in order to demonstrate<br />
their continued proficiency in the use of two or more official languages.<br />
(c) The amount of the allowance shall be that applicable to staff in the General<br />
Service category in the United Nations employed in the locality of the <strong>Authority</strong>.<br />
The amount payable for a second language shall be half the amount payable for<br />
the first additional language.<br />
(d) The language allowance shall be taken into account in determining United<br />
Nations Joint <strong>Staff</strong> Pension Fund, medical <strong>and</strong> group insurance contributions,<br />
overtime compensation, <strong>and</strong> payments <strong>and</strong> indemnities on separation.<br />
Rule 103.3<br />
Salary scales for Professional <strong>and</strong> higher categories<br />
(a) The salary scales <strong>and</strong> the scales of post adjustment for staff members in<br />
the Professional <strong>and</strong> higher categories shall be those applicable to staff members<br />
in the Professional <strong>and</strong> higher categories in the United Nations.<br />
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