(b) Practice and procedures in short term contract employment

Consultants are contracted on a short term basis in conjunction with the implementation of projects.

It has hired consultants, for periods from 6 weeks to 15 months, for tasks that should be performed by regular staff members.

It has hired consultants, for periods from 6 weeks to 15 months, for tasks that should be performed by regular staff members.

The section uses database records for periodic review of the recruitment of experts.

In the 2004 05 period, provisions reflected the application of a 5 per cent delayed recruitment factor.

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Replacement it is a condition that a long term unemployed person is recruited to take over the job of the person taking sabbatical leave.

(c) the subject matter of the proceeding is the recruitment, renewal of employment or reinstatement of an individual

There was, however, concern about the use of vacant posts for consultancies and short term appointments.

Moreover, consultants should not be hired over and over again for prolonged periods, and functions of a continuing nature should be accommodated from within the staffing table.

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It had also introduced a detailed evaluation report for temporary fixed term appointments and for consultants who were hired for longer periods of time.

In July 2005, the Secretary General decided to broaden the scope of financial disclosure, as currently required of senior officials, including those employed on a short term basis or under special conditions.

a Staff selected.

Off site translators would be recruited on short term contracts funded under temporary assistance for meetings.

20. With the reduction of funding for the recruitment of temporary assistance language staff in the 1996 1997 and 1998 1999 bienniums, there has been pressure to recruit less costly local freelance staff and avoid payment of travel expenses and daily subsistence allowances.

By its very nature a continuing appointment could not have a defined duration and to provide for five year periods of renewal under that category would create an overlap with fixed term appointments.

These contractors are hired on a short term basis and, once their project has been implemented, they are either redeployed to another project or released from UNOPS employment.

Actual requirements for these items were lower by 145,900 owing to the lower number of international contractual personnel retained during the reporting period.

INTERIM REPORT OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT AND PROGRAMME PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR THE BIENNIUM 2004 2005 (item 3) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE

The Committee decided to discuss simultaneously items 3, 4 and 9.

21. It is anticipated that no locally recruited staff will be employed after 31 August 1998.

20. The Registry is using all means to deal with these problems, including attempting to recruit translators under one year fixed term contracts and utilizing external translators outside the premises.

i. Interim report of the External Auditor, financial performance report and programme performance report for the biennium 2004 2005

(v) Short term recruitment for conference and special services

The Agency incurred significant additional costs in respect of the five international drivers so employed, as compared to the cost of similar local posts.

In order to respond to peak workloads, it is considered less costly to make use of temporary staff support than to utilize staff funded through established posts.

Provision is made for the hiring of temporary staff to replace locally recruited staff on maternity and extended sick leave.

The Committee was informed that some officials in those positions are being hired on a fixed term basis, either intermittently or continuously, with short breaks in their contracts to conform to the guidelines for the appointment of temporary staff financed from general temporary assistance funds.

However, it was subsequently decided that the use of short term consultants to conduct those specific missions would be more appropriate and effective.

The vacancy situation was mitigated by resorting to short term recruitments and consultancy services, pending the filling of vacant posts on a more permanent basis.

A number of retirees employed on a short term basis were not medically cleared by the Medical Services Division of the Secretariat prior to their recruitment during the period 1995 1997.

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IV.9 Table IV.2 below illustrates a summary of consultancies contracted for the Department of Economic and Social Affairs during the 2002 2003 and 2004 2005 bienniums

Detailed information regarding consultants from January 2004 to May 2005 provided to the Advisory Committee indicated that the Office hired 93 consultants for a total of 5,877 working days during 17 months.

Persons who joined earlier are not affected.

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25. Calls upon the Secretary General to stop immediately the practice of giving personnel on short term appointments consultant contracts for a short period and then rehiring them on short term appointments in violation of the spirit of open and transparent recruiting practices

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Staff recruitment and appointment

The Board of Auditors plans to review the practice and procedures with respect to short term contract employment and recruitment in selected organizations.

(c) Recalls the practice of appointing the External Auditor for a period of two years and thereafter extending the appointment