Staff Regulations and Rules - International Seabed Authority

5 Staff Rule, 105.3
member’s taking home leave there would not be inconsistent
with the purposes and intent of staff regulation 5. 2.
b. Travel in a particular home leave year to a country other than
the home country, subject to conditions established by the
Secretary-General. In such a case, the travel expenses borne
by the Authority shall not exceed the cost of travel to the home
country.
(e) (i) Except in the case of staff members serving on probationary
appointment, a staff member’s first home leave shall fall due in the
calendar year in which the staff member completes two years of
qualifying service. A staff member appointed on a probationary basis
shall not be entitled to the first home leave until he or she has been
granted a permanent appointment or an extension of probationary
period; however, if the Secretary-General considers that it will not
be possible for such a decision to be made within six months after
completion of two years’ service, he or she may be granted home
leave subject to the other conditions of this rule.
(ii) Home leave may be taken, subject to the exigencies of the service and
to the provisions in subparagraph (i) above in respect of probationary
appointment, any time during the calendar year in which it falls due.
(f) In exceptional circumstances, a staff member may be granted advanced
home leave, provided that normally not less than twelve months of qualifying
service have been completed or that normally not less than twelve months of
qualifying service have elapsed since the date of return from his or her last home
leave. The granting of advanced home leave shall not advance the calendar year in
which the next home leave falls due. The granting of advanced home leave shall
be subject to the conditions for the entitlement being subsequently met. If these
conditions are not met, the staff member will be required to reimburse the costs
paid by the Authority for the advanced travel.
(g) If a staff member delays taking his or her home leave beyond the
calendar year in which it falls due, such delayed leave may be taken without
altering the time of his or her next and succeeding home leave entitlements,
provided that normally not less than twelve months of qualifying service elapse
between the date of the staff members return from the delayed home leave and
the date of his or her next home leave departure.
(h) A staff member may be required to take his or her home leave in
conjunction with travel on official business, due regard being paid to the interests
of the staff member and his or her family.
(i) Subject to the conditions specified in chapter VII of these Rules, a staff
member shall be entitled to claim, in respect of authorized travel on home leave,
travel time and expenses for himself or herself and eligible family members for
the outward and return journeys between the official duty station and the place
of home leave.
(j) Travel of eligible family members shall be in conjunction with the
approved home leave of the staff member, provided that exceptions may be