RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BFA/W/48
26 June 2000
(00-2595)
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
PERFORMANCE AWARD PROGRAMME
1. Document WT/BFA/W/46 provided an outline of the programme which the Director-
General proposes to introduce in application of Staff Regulation 6.5.  The present document sets
out the amendments which the Director-General proposes to make to the Staff Rules, pursuant to
Staff Regulation 13.2 and Staff Rule 115.2(a), in order to permit the introduction of thatprogramme.
2. The amendments will take effect on 1 September 2001, the date at which the first
performance awards will be paid.  It is to be noted that these awards will be phased in gradually
in order to take into account the one-time additional cost associated with the non-pensionableawards and to ensure that the cost constitutes on aggregate no more than 2 per cent of the total net
salary budget, as required under Staff Regulation 6.5.
3. The amendments include the following:
Rule 106.3
Performance awards
(a) A staff member whose performance is judged to be fully satisfactory in the light
of the annual evaluation report shall receive the pensionable increase in annual
salary shown in Annex 1 of the Staff Rules , provided that the staff member's
salary after the increase does not exceed the maximum of the salary range for the
staff member's grade.  A staff member whose salary does not allow for the full
pensionable increase shown in Annex 1 shall receive, by way of a pensionable
award, the proportion of the pensionable increase that brings the staff member's
salary to the maximum of the salary range for the grade, and, by way of a non-pensionable award, the balance of the full increase due.
(b) A staff member whose performance is judged to be excellent in the light of the
annual evaluation report shall be eligible to receive the non-pensionable, lump-
sum, bonus payment shown in Annex 1 of the Staff Rules , in addition to the
award specified in paragraph (a) above.  A staff member who has been promoted
during the reference period shall not be eligible to receive a bonus payment.
(c) A staff member whose performance is judged to require improvement in the light
of the annual evaluation report shall receive no performance award.WT/BFA/W/48
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Rule 106.4
Salary on promotion
(a) Upon promotion, a staff member shall rece ive a salary increase equivalent to two
pensionable increases in the lower grade.  However, the resulting salary shall in
no case be greater than the maximum of the salary range for the grade to which
the staff member has been promoted.  If the salary corresponding to the minimum
of the salary range for the higher grade yields an increase greater than two
pensionable increases, the staff member shall be entitled to that salary.
(b) If promotion takes effect on the date at which a pensionable increase falls due,
the new salary shall be calculated after the award of any pensionable increase due
in the lower grade.
Rule 106.13
Definition of dependency
(a) A dependent spouse shall be a spouse whose earnings, if any, do not exceed the
equivalent of the pensionable remuneration at the minimum of the salary range
for grade 1 in Geneva.
(b) Unchanged.
(c) Unchanged.
(d) Unchanged.WT/BFA/W/48
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Annual Net Salary and Pensionable Remuneration Scale Effective 1 September 2001
(in Swiss Francs)
RANGE GRADE
Minimum MaximumPENSIONABLE INCREASE
Net salary 1
Pensionable remuneration46,363
51,00463,183
72,9171,901
2091
Net salary 2
Pensionable remuneration50,529
56,40768,877
80,5772,021
2,256
Net salary 3
Pensionable remuneration55,062
62,30175,048
89,4282,147
2,430
Net salary 4
Pensionable remuneration60,066
68,84481,866
99,2562,283
2,616
Net salary 5
Pensionable remuneration65,729
76,25289,576
110,4102,432
2,821
Net salary 6
Pensionable remuneration71,981
85,00498,108
123,1282,591
3.060
Net salary 7
Pensionable remuneration78,819
94,860107,425
137,0922,759
3.320
Net salary 8
Pensionable remuneration94,015
117,007125,456
165,4872,820
3,510
Net salary 9
Pensionable remuneration111,692
143,600144,737
196,9482,904
3,734
Net salary 10
Pensionable remuneration131,907
175,829160,155
223,1193,034
4,044
Net salary 11
Pensionable remuneration146,625
200,089167,049
235,0491,613
2,201
Net salary 12
Pensionable remuneration162,511
227,161176,916
252,2331,788
2,499
Lump-sum non-pensionable bonuses for excellent performance shall correspond to a movement of + 2.5 per cent in the correspondin g salary rangeWT/BFA/W/48
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WTO STAFF RULES - ANNEX 1 - Page 2
Annual Net Salary Scale Applicable to Staff Members in Grades 1-7 Recruited Before 1 September 1995
(in Swiss Francs)
GRADE Minimum Maximum PENSIONABLE INCREASE
1 48,672 64,722 1,995
2 53,054 70,534 2,122
3 57,810 76,920 2,255
4 63,061 83,861 2,396
5 69,005 91,785 2,553
6 75,571 100,501 2,721
7 82,752 110,052 2,896WT/BFA/W/48
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Pensionable Remuneration Scale Applicable to Staff Members in Grades 1-7 Recruited Before 1 September 1995
(in Swiss Francs)
GRADE Minimum Maximum PENSIONABLE INCREASE
1 63,791 85,816 2,615
2 69,777 93,864 2,791
3 76,292 102,761 2,975
4 83,525 112,537 3,174
5 91,740 123,697 3,394
6 100,861 135,973 3,631
7 110,975 149,425 3,884WT/BFA/W/48
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WTO STAFF RULES - ANNEX 1 - Page 4
Pensionable Remuneration Scale Applicable to Staff Members in Grades 1-7 Recruited Between 1 September 1995 and 31 May 1997
(in Swiss Francs)
GRADE Minimum Maximum PENSIONABLE INCREASE
1 58,571 78,803 2,401
2 64,067 86,212 2,563
3 70,056 94,251 2,732
4 76,689 103,189 2,914
5 84,231 113,307 3,117
6 92,580 124,572 3.333
7 101,752 137,113 3,561WT/BFA/W/48
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Pensionable Remuneration Scale Applicable to Staff Members in  Grades 1-7 Recruited Between 1 June 1997 and 31 December 1998
(in Swiss Francs)
GRADE Minimum Maximum PENSIONABLE INCREASE
1 57,859 77,634 2,372
2 63,237 85,098 2,529
3 69,087 93,188 2,694
4 75,551 102,122 2,870
5 83,106 112,233 3,075
6 91,506 124,016 3,294
7 100,693 137,113 3,524
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