TO: Recipients of Post Adjustment DATE: 30 December 2016 Classification Memo. SUBJECT: Post adjustment classification memo for January 2017

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1 U N I T E D N A T I O N S N A T I O N S U N I E S NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION COMMISSION DE LA FONCTION PUBLIQUE INTERNATIONALE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM INTERIEUR REFERENCE: ICSC-PADJ TO: Recipients of Post Adjustment DATE: 30 December 2016 Classification Memo THROUGH: FROM: Ms. Regina Pawlik Executive Secretary, ICSC Ibrahim S. Yansaneh Chief, Cost-of-Living Division SUBJECT: Post adjustment classification memo for January Pursuant to the General Assembly resolution A/RES/71/264, the base/floor salary scale for the professional and higher categories of staff is adjusted upward by 1.02 per cent at all grades and steps with effect 1 January The revised scale reflects a consolidation of 1.02 per cent of post adjustment into net base salary, on a no gain, no loss basis, meaning that the post adjustment is reduced by the same rate as the net base salary is increased. Thus there is no change in net remuneration. 2. The reduced (post-consolidation) post adjustment multipliers, which are applicable effective 1 January 2017 for all duty stations, as well as their pre-consolidation levels, are provided in Table 1 below.

2 Table 1: Pre-and Post-consolidation post adjustment multipliers for all duty stations effective 1 January 2017 DUTY STATION PRE- CONSOLIDATION 1 January 2017 POST- CONSOLIDATION 1 January 2017 REMARKS Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Group I Country Austria Group I Country Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Group I Country Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bonaire Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Group I Country Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada, Montreal Group I Country Canada, Ottawa Montreal x Canada, Toronto Montreal x Cape Verde Central African Rep Chad Chile China, Beijing China, Hong Kong (SAR) Group I Country China, Macao (SAR)

3 DUTY STATION PRE- CONSOLIDATION 1 January 2017 POST- CONSOLIDATION 1 January 2017 REMARKS Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, Dem. Rep Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia, Republic of Cuba Cyprus Group I Country Czech Republic Group I Country Denmark Group I Country Djibouti Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland Group I Country France, Lyon and Elsewhere Paris x France, Paris Group I Country French Guiana Group I Country Gabon Gambia Georgia, Republic of Germany, Berlin Bonn x Germany, Bonn Group I Country Germany, Dresden Assimilated To Bonn Germany, Hamburg Bonn x Germany, Munich Bonn x Ghana Gibraltar Assimilated To London Greece Group I Country Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Group I Country

4 DUTY STATION PRE- CONSOLIDATION 1 January 2017 POST- CONSOLIDATION 1 January 2017 REMARKS Iceland Group I Country India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Group I Country Israel Italy, Brindisi Rome x Italy, Rome Group I Country Jamaica Japan, Hiroshima Group I Country Japan, Tokyo Group I Country Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Dem. Peo. Of Korea, Republic of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao Peo. Dem. Rep Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Group I Country Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Group I Country Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Fed. States of Moldova Monaco Assimilated to Paris Mongolia Montenegro Gap Close Measure Morocco

5 DUTY STATION PRE- CONSOLIDATION 1 January 2017 POST- CONSOLIDATION 1 January 2017 REMARKS Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands Group I Country New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Group I Country Oman Pakistan Palau, Republic of Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Group I Country Portugal, Lisbon Group I Country Portugal, Guimaraes Lisbon x Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Group I Country Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Helena St. Lucia Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic Group I Country Slovenia, Republic of Group I Country Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan, Republic of

6 DUTY STATION PRE- CONSOLIDATION 1 January 2017 POST- CONSOLIDATION 1 January 2017 REMARKS Spain Group I Country Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Group I Country Switzerland Group I Country Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania, United Rep. of Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey, Ankara Turkey, Istanbul Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Group I Country USA, Miami Assimilated to Washington, DC USA, New York Group I Country USA, San Francisco New York x USA, Washington D.C Group I Country Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam West Bank & the Gaza Strip, The Yemen, Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe

7 3. The post adjustment multiplier based on the results of the most recent cost-of-living survey for Montenegro is 14.5 with effect from 1 January The gap closure measure is applicable for Montenegro. The personal transitional allowance (PTA) applicable to staff members who were at the duty stations before 1 January 2017 is The next PTA revision is due in April The personal transitional allowance (PTA) has been revised for Azerbaijan, effective 1 January 2017, as listed in Table 2 below. The next revision is scheduled for April Table 2: Revised personal transitional allowance effective 1 January 2017 DUTY STATION PTA Azerbaijan The gap closure measure is completed for Bolivia, Democratic People s Republic of Korea and South Sudan. Therefore the personal transitional allowance (PTA) is no longer applicable for these duty stations effective 1 January In accordance with the interoffice memorandum ICSC/CIRC/GEN/01/2016 issued on 4 November 2016 on the procedures for the calculation of rental subsidy upon implementation of the unified base/floor salary scale effective 1 January 2017, a new set of rental subsidy thresholds is published with reference to staff being in receipt of either the Spouse or Single parent allowance and to staff not in receipt of any such allowances. 8. Table 3 below provides the set of rental subsidy thresholds according to the former distinction between Dependent (Th_D) or Single (Th_S) status and the new set of rental subsidy thresholds according to the current distinction between being in receipt of the Spouse or Single parent allowance (Th_W) or not being in receipt of any such allowances (Th_W/O).

8 9. A more detailed explanation of the derivation of the current set of rental subsidy thresholds, a flowchart describing their application in the determination of the net income for purposes of rental subsidy, and some numerical examples, are provided in the above-referenced interoffice memorandum. Table 3: Former Thresholds and New Thresholds upon implementation of the unified base/floor salary scale effective 1 January 2017 DUTY STATION Former Thresholds Dependency Rate Single Rate New Thresholds Effective 1 January 2017 With Spouse/Single Parent Allowance Without Spouse/Single Parent Allowance (Th_D) (Th_S) (Th_W) (Th_W/O) Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon

9 DUTY STATION Former Thresholds Dependency Rate Single Rate New Thresholds Effective 1 January 2017 With Spouse/Single Parent Allowance Without Spouse/Single Parent Allowance (Th_D) (Th_S) (Th_W) (Th_W/O) Canada, Montreal Canada, Ottawa Canada, Toronto Cape Verde Central African Rep Chad Chile China, Beijing China, Hong Kong (SAR) China, Macao (SAR) Colombia Comoros Congo Congo, Dem. Rep Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia, Republic of Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France, Lyon and Elsewhere France, Paris Gabon Gambia Georgia, Republic of Germany, Berlin

10 DUTY STATION Former Thresholds Dependency Rate Single Rate New Thresholds Effective 1 January 2017 With Spouse/Single Parent Allowance Without Spouse/Single Parent Allowance (Th_D) (Th_S) (Th_W) (Th_W/O) Germany, Bonn Germany, Dresden Germany, Hamburg Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy, Brindisi Italy, Rome Jamaica Japan, Tokyo Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Dem. Peo. Of Korea, Republic of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao Peo. Dem. Rep Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Madagascar

11 DUTY STATION Former Thresholds Dependency Rate Single Rate New Thresholds Effective 1 January 2017 With Spouse/Single Parent Allowance Without Spouse/Single Parent Allowance (Th_D) (Th_S) (Th_W) (Th_W/O) Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Fed States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal, Lisbon Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda

12 DUTY STATION Former Thresholds Dependency Rate Single Rate New Thresholds Effective 1 January 2017 With Spouse/Single Parent Allowance Without Spouse/Single Parent Allowance (Th_D) (Th_S) (Th_W) (Th_W/O) St. Lucia Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia, Republic of Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan, Republic of Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania, United Rep. of Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey, Ankara Turkey, Istanbul Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine

13 DUTY STATION Former Thresholds Dependency Rate Single Rate New Thresholds Effective 1 January 2017 With Spouse/Single Parent Allowance Without Spouse/Single Parent Allowance (Th_D) (Th_S) (Th_W) (Th_W/O) United Arab Emirates United Kingdom USA, New York USA, Washington D.C Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam West Bank & the Gaza Strip, The Yemen, Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe cc. Ms. Cleopatra Todis

14 U N I T E D N A T I O N S N A T I O N S U N I E S INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION COMMISSION DE LA FONCTION PUBLIQUE INTERNATIONALE ICSC/CIRC/GEN/02/ December 2016 ICSC 60-2 TO: FROM: Human Resources Directors of Participating Organizations Representatives of Staff Federations Ibrahim Yansaneh, Chief Cost-of-Living Division SUBJECT: Impact on the post adjustment classification of the adjustment of the base/floor salary scale for staff in the Professional and higher categories, effective 1 January Pursuant to the General Assembly resolution A/RES/71/264, the base/floor salary scale for staff in the Professional and higher categories will be increased by 1.02 per cent, with effect from 1 January The purpose of this memorandum is to explain the procedure used to implement this decision and its impact on post adjustment classifications of all duty stations. It would be appreciated if the information provided in this memorandum could be brought to the attention of all staff in the Professional and higher categories. 2. In accordance with the established practice, the revised base/floor salary scale will be implemented on a no loss, no gain basis. Consequently, concomitant with the increase in the revised base/floor salary scale on 1 January 2017, post adjustment multipliers applicable at all duty stations will be commensurately reduced. Thus, while the base salary portion of net remuneration will go up by 1.02 per cent, the pay index (i.e. post adjustment multiplier + 100) will be reduced by the same percentage. The total net remuneration amount (base salary plus post adjustment plus spouse/single parent allowance) will therefore remain unchanged, except for very minor differences due to rounding. 3. For all duty stations, the January 2017 PACs will be determined using the normal procedures and the multipliers thus obtained will be reduced using the procedure outlined in the attached annex. This annex also gives some examples of the impact of the introduction of the revised base/floor salary scale on the level of remuneration.

15 4. The base/floor salary scale is also used to calculate some of the end-of-service benefits (repatriation grant, termination indemnity and death grant, as applicable). Staff leaving the service on or after 1 January 2017 and who are entitled to these benefits will experience some gains as a result of the adjustment in the base/floor salary scale. 5. The adjustment of the base/floor salary scale will not have any impact on the levels of pensionable remuneration for the Professional and higher categories.

16 Annex A. DETERMINATION OF REVISED POST ADJUSTMENT INDICES (i) Post Adjustment index prior to the introduction of the revised base/floor salary scale: (ii) Post Adjustment index following the introduction of the revised salary ( /1.0102): B. DETERMINATION OF REVISED POST ADJUSTMENT MULTIPLIER WHEN THE EXISTING MULTIPLIER IS GREATER THAN 1.02 (i) Post Adjustment multiplier prior to the introduction of the revised base/floor salary scale: 70.0 (ii) Hence, corresponding pay index (multiplier + 100): (iii) Revised pay index (170.0/1.0102): (iv) Hence, post adjustment multiplier following the introduction of the revised salary scale ( ): 68.3 WHEN THE EXISTING MULTIPLIER IS LESS THAN 1.02 (i) Post adjustment multiplier prior to the introduction of the revised base/floor salary scale: 0.5 (ii) Hence, corresponding pay index (multiplier + 100): (iii) Revised pay index (100.5/1.0102): 99.5 (v) Normally the resulting post adjustment multiplier following the introduction of the revised salary scale would have been ( ) or 0.5. However, since no negative post adjustment multipliers are applied, a multiplier of zero will be implemented: 0.0

17 C. COMPARISON OF REMUNERATION AMOUNT FOR P-4, STEP VI with SPOUSE OR SINGLE PARENT ALLOWANCE BASED ON THE 1 JANUARY 2016 SALARY SCALE BASED ON THE 1 JANUARY 2017 SALARY SCALE DUTY STATION MULTIPLIER BASE SALARY (D) POST ADJUSTMENT TOTAL YEARLY MULTIPLIER BASE SALARY SPOUSE/SINGLE PARENT ALLOWANCE POST ADJUSTMENT TOTAL YEARLY DIFFERENCE YEARLY A. 70 $82,193 $57,535 $139, $78,331 $4,700 $56,710 $139, B $82,193 $22,028 $104, $78,331 $4,700 $21,173 $104,204-17

18 U N I T E D N A T I O N S N A T I O N S U N I E S INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION COMMISSION DE LA FONCTION PUBLIQUE INTERNATIONALE ICSC/CIRC/GEN/01/ November 2016 ICSC 60-2 TO: FROM: Human Resources Directors of Participating Organizations Representatives of Staff Federations Kingston P. Rhodes, Chairman SUBJECT: Procedures for the calculation of rental subsidy upon implementation of the unified base/floor salary scale, effective 1 January In tandem with the promulgation of the unified base/floor salary scale for United Nations Common System organizations as of 1 January 2017, the procedures for calculating the rental subsidy thresholds for the various duty stations will be modified in accordance with the Commission s decision, as contained in its annual report to the General Assembly (A/70/30; para. 64). The Commission s decision preserves the underlying methodology for calculating rental subsidy thresholds as a function of the average rent-to-income ratio at the duty station, based on rent data reported by staff in cost-of-living surveys. The Commission s decision also maintains the principle of two separate rental subsidy thresholds for staff with and without dependants. 2. The purpose of this memorandum is to explain the adjustment of the existing rental subsidy thresholds, as well as the determination of rental subsidy amounts, as of the date of promulgation of the unified base/floor salary scale and before the next cost-of-living surveys are conducted in the various duty stations. 3. The Commission s decision specifies that the rental subsidy thresholds calculated on the basis of the unified base/floor salary scale will be applied to staff without dependants; and the threshold applicable to staff with dependants will then be calculated by dividing the threshold applicable to staff without dependants by a factor of 1.06 (reflecting the difference in net income between the two categories of staff). 4. It is important to note that for purposes of rental subsidy calculations under the present dual (D vs S) salary scale, the distinction between the two categories of staff to which the two thresholds are applied, is based purely on the difference in net income (currently, net remuneration). In keeping

19 with this principle, this differentiation will be based on receipt or non-receipt of the spouse or single parent allowance. The two categories of staff will be denoted as W and W/O, respectively, with the W/O category also including staff in receipt of the transitional allowance (related to nondependent spouse, which declines by 1 per cent of net remuneration every year for 6 years or until it is overtaken by the child allowance). New Procedure for calculating Rental Subsidy 5. As a transitional measure before the next cost-of-living surveys are conducted, the rental subsidy thresholds will be established as follows: as of 1 January 2017, the threshold for staff in category W will be set equal to the present threshold for category D, based on the dual (D vs S) base/floor salary scale. The threshold for staff in category W/O will be set equal to that for staff in category W multiplied by the factor These thresholds will be updated upon implementation of the results of the next cost-of-living survey. 6. For purposes of rental subsidy calculations, the net income of a staff member, (hereinafter, referred to as Rental Subsidy Net Income), will be defined as follows: (a) For staff in category W, the rental subsidy net income is equal to the net remuneration (net base salary plus post adjustment) plus spouse or single parent allowance; (b) For staff in category W/O, the rental subsidy net income is equal to the net remuneration (net base salary plus post adjustment). 7. As in the past, the Commission will publish, on a monthly basis, the Consolidated Post Adjustment Circular with two threshold rates. The first will be applied to staff in the category W and the second to staff in category W/O. The individual threshold for each staff member will be calculated by multiplying the applicable rental subsidy threshold rate by his or her rental subsidy net income. 8. It should be noted that staff members in receipt of a transitional allowance are assigned a rental subsidy net income equal to net remuneration (that is, exclusive of the transitional allowance) but at the same time the higher rental subsidy threshold corresponding to the W/O category. This specification ensures the receipt of the same subsidy during the first year of transition and keeps to a minimum any possible disparities in rental subsidy that may occur at the end of the transition period. 9. It should be noted that the Personal Transitional Allowance (PTA), a temporary salary protection measure that is applied to mitigate the effects of the implementation of significantly

20 negative survey results, should be considered as part of the post adjustment for the purposes of Rental Subsidy calculation. 10. Annex I of this memorandum (attached) provides a flowchart illustrating the new procedure for determining rental subsidy. Some numerical examples are also given in Annex II to illustrate the calculation of the Rental Subsidy under various scenarios.

21 Annex 1: Flowchart: New Procedure for calculating Rental Subsidy Begin Does the staff receive a transitional allowance? YES NO YES Does the staff receive the spouse or single parent allowance? NO Apply threshold for W Rental Subsidy Income= Net Remuneration + Spouse or Single parent Allowance Apply threshold for W/O Rental Subsidy Income= Net Remuneration Continue as usual End

22 Annex 2: Numerical Examples Please note that these examples do not take into account other elements such as reasonable maximum rents, or special provisions such as the waiver of the 40 percent rent limit for rental subsidy, or other administrative procedures that are not altered by the introduction of the unified salary scale. Example 1 Duty Station A Threshold for W 21 (A) Threshold applicable to staff WITH spouse or single parent allowance Threshold for W/O 22 (B) Threshold applicable to staff WITHOUT spouse or single parent allowance PA multiplier 81.6 (C) Post Adjustment multiplier, including PTA if applicable Grade and step With allowance? Rent Maximum Reasonable Rent Base/floor of unified salary Post Adjustment Net Remuneration Spouse/single parent allowance Rental Subsidy Net Income P-4/6 Y 3,200.0 (D) 4,100.0 (E) US$ (monthly) 6,461.7 (F) 5,272.7 (G)=(F)*(C)/100 11,734.4 (H)=(F)+(G) (I) 12,438.4 (J)=(H)+(I) Net Income for Rental Subsidy purposes Applicable rental threshold 21 (K) Individual threshold Subsidizable rent Applicable reimbursement rate 2,612.1 (L)=(J)*(K)/ (M)=MAX{MIN[(D),(E)] - (L),0} 80% As per current policies, depending upon location of duty station, year at duty station of the staff member or causes of force majeure 80% of subsidizable rent (N) 40% of rent limit 1,280.0 (O) Unless W40 in effect, in which case 90%*(D) Rental Subsidy (P)=MIN[(N),(O)]

23 Example 2 Duty Station B Threshold for W 18 (A) Threshold applicable to staff WITH spouse or single parent allowance Threshold for W/O 19 (B) Threshold applicable to staff WITHOUT spouse or single parent allowance PA multiplier 42.9 (C) Post Adjustment multiplier, including PTA if applicable Grade and step With allowance? Rent Maximum Reasonable Rent P-2/9 N 2,150.0 (D) 3,000.0 (E) Base/floor of unified salary Post Adjustment Net Remuneration Spouse/single parent allowance Rental Subsidy Net Income US$ (monthly) 4,846.3 (F) 2,079.1 (G)=(F)*(C)/100 6,925.4 (H)=(F)+(G) - (I) 6,925.4 (J)=(H)+(I) Net Income for Rental Subsidy purposes Applicable rental threshold 19 (K) Individual threshold 1,315.8 (L)=(J)*(K)/100 Subsidizable rent (M)=MAX{MIN[(D),(E)] - (L),0} Applicable reimbursement rate 60% As per current policies, depending upon location of duty station, year at duty station of the staff member or causes of force majeure 60% of subsidizable rent (N) 40% of rent limit (O) Unless W40 in effect, in which case 90%*(D) Rental Subsidy (P)=MIN[(N),(O)]

24 Example 3 Duty Station C Threshold for W 29 (A) Threshold applicable to staff WITH spouse or single parent allowance Threshold for W/O 31 (B) Threshold applicable to staff WITHOUT spouse or single parent allowance PA multiplier 55.1 (C) Post Adjustment multiplier, including PTA if applicable Grade and step With allowance? Rent Maximum Reasonable Rent P-5/4 Y 4,200.0 (D) 6,100.0 (E) Base/floor of unified salary Post Adjustment Net Remuneration Spouse/single parent allowance Rental Subsidy Net Income US$ (monthly) 7,382.9 (F) 4,068.0 (G)=(F)*(C)/100 11,450.9 (H)=(F)+(G) (I) 12,138.0 (J)=(H)+(I) Net Income for Rental Subsidy purposes Applicable rental threshold 29 (K) Individual threshold 3,520.0 (L)=(J)*(K)/100 Subsidizable rent Applicable reimbursement rate (M)=MAX{MIN[(D),(E)] - (L),0} 80% As per current policies, depending upon location of duty station, year at duty station of the staff member or causes of force majeure 80% of subsidizable rent (N) 40% of rent limit 1,680.0 (O) Unless W40 in effect, in which case 90%*(D) Rental Subsidy (P)=MIN[(N),(O)]