Special Leave - Time Management for Time Administrators and Time Senior Administrators

3.4.3.2. Submit a request for uncertified sick leave

Staff members holding any appointment other than a temporary appointment may be granted Special Leave With or Without Pay (SLWOP). Special leave without pay for staff holding a temporary appointment under the staff rules may be granted in compelling cases (e.g. serious illness or death of a family member, birth of a child).

Special leave is normally granted without pay. Periods of special leave (either with or without pay) may affect appointments and/or benefits and allowances. In the event that the staff member makes a request for SLWOP to engage in outside activities during the period of leave, this request will need to be assessed in accordance with the applicable rules.

The regulations, rules, policies, and standard operating procedures (SOP) governing special leave without pay have developed over time. The official documents are easily accessible within the UN intranet.

General provisions

Staff Regulations and Staff Rules of the United Nations – ST/SGB/2023/1
Article VI, Regulation 6.2
Article V – Annual and special leave Regulation 5.2
Rule 5.5 – Special leave
Rule 10.4 – Administrative leave pending investigation and the disciplinary process

Sick Leave – ST/AI/2005/3 and ST/AI/2005/3/Amend.1
Section 3 – Relationship of sick leave to other entitlements under the 100 and 200 series – Exhaustion of sick leave entitlement (ST/AI/2005/3)

Sections 3.1 – 3.2

Termination of Appointment for reasons of health – ST/AI/1999/16
Section 4 – Delay in determination
Section 5 – Notice and effective date of termination