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UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS
UNIES
NEW YORK
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DE LA FONCTION
PUBLIQUE INTERNATIONALE
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
MEMORANDUM INTERIEUR
REFERENCE: ICSC-PADJ-0615-01
TO:
Recipients of Post Adjustment
Classification Memo
THROUGH:
Mr. Wolfgang Stöckl
Vice-Chairman, ICSC
FROM:
Ibrahim S. Yansaneh
Chief, Cost-of-Living Division
SUBJECT:
1.
DATE: 29 May 2015
Post adjustment classification memo for June 2015
I am pleased to send you post adjustment multipliers for June 2015. Note that only duty
stations with changes in post adjustment multipliers are listed.
2.
The post adjustment multipliers, applicable to group I duty stations, with effect from
1 June 2015, are given in Table 1.
Table 1. Changes to post adjustment multipliers for group I duty stations – June 2015
Duty Station
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada – Montreal
Canada – Ottawa
Canada – Toronto
China, Hong Kong
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France – Lyon, Elsewhere
France – Paris
French Guiana
Germany – Berlin
Germany - Bonn
Germany - Dresden
Germany – Hamburg
Gibraltar
Greece
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Multiplier
Duty Station
Multiplier
37.7
38.5
36.3
18.3
43.0
45.2
55.3
110.8
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy – Brindisi
Italy – Rome
Japan
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal, Lisbon
Portugal, Guimaraes
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
17.7
31.3
32.4
31.9
38.2
63.3
40.2
29.1
42.8
32.0
45.0
18.4
25.0
2.6
5.2
21.4
16.7
30.6
37.0
93.4
83.0
15.8
24.4
47.4
38.1
39.5
42.8
36.3
29.2
25.5
25.5
27.4
83.0
21.2
Based on results of the most recent cost-of-living survey, the following post adjustment
multiplier is applicable for Equatorial Guinea: 36.7 effective 1 June 2015.
4.
Cost-of-living survey results did not trigger changes in multipliers for Algeria, Iran,
Malaysia, Qatar and Tunisia.
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5.
The gap closure measure is applicable for Equatorial Guinea. A personal transitional
allowance (PTA) of 9.2 is applicable to staff members who were at the duty station before 1 June
2015. The next PTA revision is due in September 2015.
6.
The waiver of 40 per cent of rent limit on rental subsidies is no longer applicable for Algeria
effective 1 June 2015.
7.
Based on the most recent cost-of-living survey results, the revised rental subsidy thresholds
at dependency and single rates applicable effective 1 June 2015, are listed in Table 2 below:
Table 2:
RENTAL SUBSIDY THRESHOLDS (PER CENT)
DUTY STATION
Qatar
cc.
DEPENDENCY RATE
SINGLE RATE
33
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Mr. W. Stöckl
Ms. Cleopatra Todis
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