Salary

Understanding your payslip and salary

The salary estimate enables you to calculate an estimate of the various elements of your salary and provides you with an overview, so you can better understand your finances and plan for future assignments or reassignments to new duty stations.

A Guide to Understanding your payslip explains the breakdown of all the various elements as applicable, including: net salary - whether at dependent or single rate, Post adjustment, Dependency allowance, Mobility and Hardship allowance, Education Grant settlements, Pension Fund and Insurance contributions, etc.

"How is my local portion of salary calculated?"

Add your gross salary, plus the post adjustment, dependency allowance, rental subsidy, group life insurance premium and any retroactive amounts
paid to you.
Deduct from this sum all deductions (i.e., staff assessment, pension fund, medical and dental insurance).
Multiply the amount (obtained after completing steps 1 and 2) by the requested local portion percentage. The amount obtained is what staff member will receive locally at the duty station.

"How is my convertible portion of salary calculated?"

Please look at the Net Pay shown on the Statement of Earnings.
To this total, proceed with following: Net Pay minus the local portion previously obtained.
The amount obtained after completing these calculations is the convertible portion.
For your information, please note that the Hardship and mobility elements of the salary are paid in convertible currency portion.

Danger pay - "What is danger pay? How do I know if I am entitled to the danger pay?"

Hazard Pay is a form of compensation granted to staff members for each day they are required to remain and report for work in duty stations where very dangerous conditions exist, such as war or active hostilities, and where the evacuation of families and non-essential staff had taken place.
The danger pay is authorized for a limited period: for up to 3 months at a time.
The amount of the danger pay is USD 1,365 per month.

Danger pay - "Who pays danger pay?"

The local office in the designated duty stations.
Resident Representatives have been delegated the authority to effect locally payment of danger pay on a month basis, at the end of the month to
which the payment applies.

Danger pay - "When do we know that the danger pay has been authorized/lifted for the duty station?"

The Chairman of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) is responsible for authorizing the danger pay to a duty station, based on the recommendation of the United Nations Security Coordinator.

The authorization is normally for a period of up to three months at a time, and is subject to ongoing review. The application of danger pay is lifted when dangerous conditions are deemed to have abated.