4. Entitlement Eligibility

You must be a national or an international staff member assigned to a Duty Station in a Danger Pay Location and spent time inside that Danger Pay Location are eligible to receive danger pay. It is not for staff members who travel to a Danger Pay Location on Official Business, including travel day (TDY). For this scenario, continue with the existing process of claiming via the Travel Claim form.

For the month that a staff member selects, Umoja will verify that the staff member is entitled to Danger Pay for that period by checking that:

• the staff member was assigned (via Org Assignment) to a Duty Station in a Danger Pay Location for any part of the selected month.
• the staff member has not yet submitted a form, nor one has not been submitted via the On Behalf function, for the specified month/year.
• the system checks the 3-month window of submission.
  

If a staff member was assigned (via Org Assignment) to multiple duty stations within a single month, the eligibility validation will have to be run against all assigned duty stations in the period until there is at least one day in the month whereby the staff member was assigned to a Duty Station in a Danger Pay Location. For example, if the first duty station was in a Danger Pay Location, then the staff member should see the form for the entire month and no additional duty stations need to be checked.

After the eligibility validation run:

• If the staff member is not entitled because they were not assigned to a Danger Pay Duty Station for the month selected the system will display a message advising:
  • Records indicate that you were not assigned to a duty station in a Danger Pay location in month, year. Please contact your HR Partner for assistance.
• If the staff member is entitled to Danger Pay for the month/year selected, but has already submitted a form for the specific month/year the system will display a message advising:
  • “A form for this month has already been submitted. Please contact your HR Partner for assistance.”
• If the staff member is entitled to danger pay for the month/year selected, they can edit the Danger Pay form then certify and submit it.
• If the staff member is entitled to danger pay but is certifying after 3 months, the system will display a message advising:
  • “More than 3 months have elapsed since the date selected. Please contact your HR Partner for assistance.”

In a single month, for time spent outside of the parent Danger Pay Location on Rest & Recuperation (including travel days), and or Official Business travel, the maximum number of days that the staff member can continue to receive Danger Pay is seven (7). These seven days are cumulative within the calendar month and do not have to be consecutive.

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