A. Comparator

A. Comparator

It recalled that neither civil service had been found appropriate as the Noblemaire comparator.8 It noted that in 1995 the German civil service had been found to be better than the current comparator in terms of its superior benefit, leave and work hours provisions, while its salaries were lower than that of the comparator.

Second, on the facts here and applying the appropriate comparator, it is not established that the government excluded autistic children on the basis of disability.

(a) The comparator the comparator federal civil service, which had allowed flexibility in setting bands, had moved to even greater flexibility based on experience gained with broadbanding.

(c) Special pay systems of the comparator civil service spring 1994

Furthermore, a change of comparator would entail considerable, and possibly unjustified, costs.

3. Takes note of the Commission apos s report in respect of developments pertaining to the comparator apos s Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act and the comparator apos s special pay systems

Regarding the latter, the increasing difficulties in continuing to use the United States Federal Civil Service as the sole comparator were demonstrated, with particular emphasis on the far reaching reforms within the comparator.

These were 55 and 56 for the common system and the comparator civil service, respectively.

The Swiss situation was reversed, in that its salaries were found superior to those of the comparator, while its benefit, leave and work hours provisions had been found to be less favourable than equivalent comparator provisions.

(h) Structure of the salary scale in the light of recommendations on the comparator summer 1994.

The scale is set by reference to the General Schedule salary scale of the comparator civil service.

(g) Structure of the salary scale preliminary considerations, including margin of certain grades with current comparator spring 1994

Clearly, this development in the comparator should be an important lessons learned consideration for the common system's pilot study.

Some members were concerned about the impact on the grade equivalency exercise currently being conducted with the comparator service.

The United States federal civil service has been used as the comparator since the inception of the United Nations.

(f) Application of phase I of the highest paid methodology to comparator international organizations, subject to (e) above summer 1994

Takes note of the decision of the Commission to conclude its current total compensation study and to retain the current comparator

CCISUA noted that the ICSC report had indicated that adequate information and communication channels in the comparator service were still lacking.

The allowances were computed on the basis of the maximum annual remuneration of 160,000, the comparator remuneration figure since 1 January 2000.

It further noted that, even within a department or agency, a number of different broadbanded structures had been introduced by the comparator.

(d) The fourth part contained relevant information on the United States Federal Civil Service, both as an employer and as a comparator.

The documentation also provided an assessment of the merits and disadvantages of adopting the comparator practices for United Nations common system purposes.

It was important to stress that the consultant retained for the exercise had also been used by the comparator for similar exercises.

The Commission noted that not only the comparator but a majority of countries provided a credit through their tax systems to married taxpayers.

186. Some members were of the opinion that the comparator United States civil service should be the base for any comparisons of working hours.

Further, the Human Resources Network noted that the United Nations common system was made fragile by having only one national civil service as a comparator.

He expressed disappointment that details of the practice of the comparator civil service had not been made available and requested more information in that respect.

Therefore, the Tribunal has used The Hague as a comparator for the purpose of budgeting established posts and common staff costs since its inception in 1996.

Consolidation of post The base floor salary scale for the Professional adjustment and higher categories is adjusted periodically to reflect increases in the comparator salary scale.

Some Commission members recalled that it had often been their stated view that the United Nations system should not be a carbon copy of the comparator service.

The current system also corresponded to the systems used in the comparator and other countries in dealing with the impact of marital status and family size on personal income.

The Human Resources Network believed that the current system of single and dependency rates had worked well in meeting the requirements of equity, competitivity and compatibility with the comparator.

(a) Appropriate housing

An appropriate recompense .

(a) No one could be certain to what extent even a scaled down FEPCA would be implemented as planned therefore alternatives to the present comparator had to be explored actively

(a) Developments within the current comparator, i.e. FEPCA implementation and special pay rates, together with margin management under the current arrangements, should be reviewed at the spring session in 1994

The Commission considered it important to keep the base floor salary scale in line with the comparator apos s scale, and that alignment would be achieved with the proposed adjustment.

(a) Take appropriate legislative and administrative and other appropriate measures to prevent violations

The Commission would continue to pursue the grade equivalency studies between the United Nations common system and its comparator and would report to the General Assembly at its sixty first session.

The base floor system had been established in 1990 to provide a minimum salary for United Nations Professional staff by reference to the corresponding salary levels in the comparator civil service.

Appropriate policies can help.

The price is appropriate.

ensures appropriate health care