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A staff member in a post of professional or higher grade, except for short-term staff members appointed under Rule 1320 or consultants appointed under Rule 1330, is entitled to a dependant’s allowance for dependants as defined in Rule 310.5, to be paid as follows:
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350.1 An internationally recruited staff member shall be entitled to an education grant, except as indicated in Rule 350.3. The amount of the grant payable under this Rule shall be 75% of the education expenses actually incurred and admissible under Rule 350.2. The maximum grant per child per year shall not exceed a total payment of US$ 9750 or, for expenses incurred in certain currencies as determined by the Director-General on the basis of procedures agreed among the international organizations concerned, an amount established in those currencies. For staff members at certain designated official stations, the amount of the grant in respect of primary and secondary education shall be increased by an additional amount corresponding to 100% of boarding costs up to US$ 5060 per child per year or, for expenses incurred in certain local currencies as determined by the Director-General on the basis of procedures agreed among the international organizations concerned, an amount established in those currencies.
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480.1 Subject to the requirements of Rules 430 and 440 (“Medical Certification and Inoculations” and “Appointment Procedure”), an appointee accepted for transfer from another United Nations organization: 480.1.1 may be appointed at an advanced step in the grade of the post to which he is being assigned if this is necessary to maintain his existing salary level; shall transfer his pension fund credit if he is a participant in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund;
480.1 Subject to the requirements of Rules 430 and 440 (“Medical Certification and Inoculations” and “Appointment Procedure”), DSSRLQWHHV accepted for transfer from another United Nations organization: 480.1.1 may be appointed at an advanced step in the grade of the post to which WKH\ DUH being assigned if this is necessary to maintain WKHLU existing salary level; shall transfer WKHLU pension fund credit if WKH\ DUH SDUWLFLSDQWV in the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund;
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550.3 The unit of service time shall be reduced to ten months under Rule 550.2.1 and to twenty months under Rule 550.2.2 in the case of staff members who have demonstrated, by passing a prescribed test, proficiency of a second official language of the Organization. Staff members whose mother tongue is one of the official languages of the Organization must demonstrate proficiency in a second official language. This rule applies to staff members in the professional and higher categories except for linguistic staff, i.e., translators, editors, revisers and interpreters.
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760.1 Staff members appointed for periods of one year or more shall be entitled to maternity leave and paternity leave with full salary and allowances. 760.2 Maternity leave On presentation of a certificate from a duly recognized medical practitioner stating that her confinement will probably take place within six weeks, a staff member shall be entitled to maternity leave. At the request of the staff member and on medical advice, the Director-General may permit the maternity leave to commence less than six weeks but not less than two weeks before the expected date of confinement. Maternity leave shall extend for a period of 16 weeks from the time it is granted, except that in no case shall it terminate less than 10 weeks after the actual date of her confinement.
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Paternity leave is introduced on a trial basis for two years, with effect from 1 January 2001, to be reviewed in January 2003.
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760.3 A nursing mother shall be allowed additional maternity leave of sufficient time each day to nurse her child. 760.4 Where both parents of a newborn child are staff members of the World Health Organization, any unused portion of maternity leave to which the mother would otherwise have been entitled under Rule 760.2 may be used by the father of the child, under conditions established by the DirectorGeneral. 760.5 Paternity leave A staff member shall be entitled to paternity leave for up to five days upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of the birth of his child.
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Grant in case of death
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6WDII 5XOH6XEMHFW 820. Travel of spouse and children
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Special education grant travel
The Organization shall, in accordance with terms and conditions determined by the Director-General, pay travel expenses of a staff member’s dependent child in respect of whom the staff member is entitled to the special education grant under Rule 355. In this case, the provisions for education grant travel under Rule 820.2.5 shall not apply, except for the round trips under Rules 820.2.5.2 and 820.2.5.3. The provisions of this Rule shall apply to professional and higher graded staff not serving in the country of their recognized place of residence, and to staff referred to in Rule 1310.4 recruited outside the local area as well as outside the country of the official station. They shall not apply to other staff referred to in Rule 1310, nor to staff referred to in Rules 1320 and 1330. Temporary appointments, both fixed-term and short-term, shall terminate automatically on the completion of the agreed period of service in the absence of any offer and acceptance of extension. However, a staff member serving under a fixed-term appointment of one year or more, whom it has been decided not to reappoint, shall be notified thereof not later than three months before the date of expiry of the contract. Such a staff member who does not wish to be considered for reappointment shall also give that period of notice of his intention.
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6WDII 5XOH6XEMHFW 1050. Abolition of post and reduction in force
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1050.1 The temporary appointment of a staff member engaged for a post of limited duration may be terminated prior to its expiration date if that post is abolished. 1050.2 When a post of indefinite duration – or any post held by a staff member with a career-service appointment – comes to an end, a reduction in force shall (if the post was filled) take place, in accordance with procedures established by the Director-General, based upon the following principles:
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1050.2.1 competition for retention shall be limited to staff holding relevant posts at the same grade as the post to be abolished, or one grade lower; 1050.2.2 if the post is in the professional category and above, competition shall extend to all offices; if the post is subject to local recruitment, competition shall be limited to the locality in which the post is to be abolished;
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1050.5 The appointment of a staff member who has satisfactorily served the Organization for five years or more shall be considered as having been terminated under this Rule if the appointment was not renewed because of the abolition or intended abolition of a post. 1050.6 Posts of indefinite duration comprise those that continue in existence unless and until an express decision is taken to abolish them. Posts of limited duration automatically lapse at the end of the period for which they were established unless an express decision is taken to continue them. The Director-General shall determine the categories of posts falling within each of the above two definitions. 1320. Short-term staff The Director-General may appoint short-term staff for conference and other short-term service without regard to the provisions of other sections of the Staff Rules.
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