Professional Salaries and Allowances

FICSA Standing Committee on Professional Salaries and Allowances advise the Executive Committee on:

  • Best comparator as stipulated in Noblemaire principle
  • Salary levels: including the defence and protection of salaries for all categories of staff in all duty stations
  • Post adjustment questions: including participation in the Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions (ACPAQ) to develop the best system to establish post adjustment amounts
  • Education grant: including defending the grant and participating in the review of the level of the grant
  • Review of the pay and benefits system: including participation in all discussions, recommendations and decisions on every aspect of pay and benefits
  • Training: including workshops on place-to-place surveys, Professional salaries, GS salary survey methodology, job classification and post adjustment

Resources related to the Post Adjustment methodology and Operational Rules, including its review and special measures

2021 - Report of the Standing Committee on PSA - FICSA/C/74/PSA/R.1

Review of the Post Adjustment Operational Rules

Presentation to the Standing Committee on Professional Salaries and Allowances, 74th FICSA Council by Imed Zabaar, Member for Compensation Issues (11 Dec 2020)

ICSC Annual Reports

FICSA, CCISUA and UNISERV's letter to the ICSC

In March and April, the three staff federations wrote to the ICSC to request for urgent mitigation measures to protect duty stations from the current negative economic impacts of COVID-19. This was followed by a positive response by the ICSC in May with the launch of the Special Measures.

Special Measures for Post Adjustment and Place to Place Survey - ICSC Circular ICSC/CIRC/GEN/05-2020

Special Measures approved by the ICSC for Group II duty stations due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is related also to 73rd FICSA Council decision FICSA/C/73/D/25

ICSC's Post Adjustment Booklet

The current methodology for Compilation of the Post Adjustment Index
and Operational rules for Determination of the Post Adjustment Multiplier (dated October 2019) and being reviewed by the ICSC.

2020 Report of the Standing Committee on PSA - FICSA/C/73/PSA/R.1

Please find report of the Standing Committee's work in 2020.

2019 - Report of the Standing Committee on PSA - FICSA/C/72/PSA/R.1

Please find report of the Standing Committee's work in 2019.

2018 - Report of the Standing Committee on PSA - FICSA/C/71/PSA/R.1

Please find report of the Standing Committee's work in 2018.

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STANDING COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES

Salary survey methodology

Salary survey methodology including the technical analysis and development of the best method to capture and analyze information about the local salary market

Workshops

Workshops including training in using the survey methodology and how best to participate in a local salary survey committee (LSSC)

Salary levels

Salary levels including the defence and protection of salaries for all categories of staff in all duty stations

Post adjustment questions

Post adjustment questions including participation in the Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions (ACPAQ) to develop the best system to establish post adjustment amounts

General Assembly Resolution on the United Nations common system ICSC_CIRC_GEN_2_2021

Education grant

Education grant including defending the grant and participating in the review of the level of the grant

Review of the pay and benefits system

Review of the pay and benefits system including participation in all discussions, recommendations and decisions on every aspect of pay and benefits

Training

Training including workshops on place-to-place surveys, professional salaries, GS salary survey methodology, job classification and post adjustment

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Issues raised at last FICSA councils

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