Session Report

Report of  19th Session (February 2010, Geneva)

Review of 2010/2011 Work Plan; HR Response to Crisis Situations (i.e. Haiti); Proposal for modified Special Operation Approach (SOA); Status of Observers; Staff-Management issues; Inter-Agency Mobility; (b) Education grant: review of the methodology for determining the grant; Update on the development of a performance management framework; Update on the contractual arrangements; Update on the implementation of exit interview; Review of hazard pay; Overall evaluation of the mobility/hardship scheme & its operation; Update of the United Nations/United States grade equivalency studies; Report of the 32nd Session of ACPAQ; Report of the Working Group on General Service salary survey; Review of National Professional Officers – terms and conditions of service; Review of the General Service job evaluation standards; Harmonization of conditions of service: review of conditions of service of United Nations Secretariat/internationally recruited staff serving in non-family duty stations; . Joint HR Network/Medical Group Session – A Guidance on Health & Safety Policy; Safety and Security of Staff, discussion on the consolidated proposals for HLCM: Comparative Review of Service-Incurred Compensation; Improving Security Measures for National Staff; Rapid Response Personnel; Update from the Field Group; New Administration of Justice System in the United Nations; Update on HR-related projects included in the HLCM Plan of Action for Harmonization of Business Practices; Update on Mobility Accord; Update on UN Cares Programme; Appendix D; Update on Dual Career & Staff Mobility Programme; Report from the Staff Stress Counsellors Group; Other business: New Delhi GS Salary Scale.