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>, 105.3-106.2<br />
granted if the exigencies of the service or other special circumstances prevent<br />
the staff member <strong>and</strong> his or her family members from travelling together.<br />
(k) If both husb<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> wife are staff members who are eligible for home<br />
leave, <strong>and</strong> taking into account rule 104.9(d), each staff member shall have<br />
the choice either of exercising his or her own home leave entitlement or of<br />
accompanying the spouse. A staff member who chooses to accompany his or her<br />
spouse shall be granted travel time appropriate to the travel involved. Dependent<br />
children whose parents are staff members, each of whom is entitled to home<br />
leave, may accompany either parent. The frequency of travel shall not exceed<br />
the established periodicity of the home leave both with regard to staff members<br />
<strong>and</strong> to their dependent children, if any.<br />
(l) A staff member travelling on home leave shall be required to spend no<br />
less than seven days, exclusive of travel time, in his or her home country. The<br />
Secretary-General may request a staff member, on his or her return from home<br />
leave, to furnish satisfactory evidence that this requirement has been fully met.<br />
cHAPTER vI<br />
SOcIAL SEcURITY<br />
Rule 106.1<br />
Participation in the Pension Fund<br />
<strong>Staff</strong> members whose appointments are for six months or longer or who complete<br />
six months of service under shorter appointments without an interruption of more<br />
than thirty days shall become participants in the United Nations Joint <strong>Staff</strong> Pension<br />
Fund, provided that participation is not excluded by their letters of appointment.<br />
Rule 106.2<br />
Sick leave<br />
(a) <strong>Staff</strong> members who are unable to perform their duties by reason of<br />
illness or injury or whose attendance at work is prevented by public health<br />
requirements will be granted sick leave. All sick leave must be approved on<br />
behalf of, <strong>and</strong> under conditions established by, the Secretary-General.<br />
Maximum entitlement<br />
(b) A staff member’s maximum entitlement to sick leave shall be<br />
determined by the nature <strong>and</strong> duration of his or her appointment in accordance<br />
with the following provisions:<br />
(i) A staff member who holds a fixed-term appointment of less than<br />
one year shall be granted sick leave at the rate of two working<br />
days per month of contractual service.<br />
(ii) A staff member who holds a probationary appointment or a fixed-term<br />
appointment of one year or longer but less than three years shall be<br />
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