Regulation C/REG.9/12/01 Approving the Restoration of the Payment of Duty Allowance to Eligible Locally Recruited Staff of the Institutions of the Community

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Date
17 December 2001
Language
English
Type
Legislation
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Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG.9/12/01 Approving the Restoration of the Payment of Duty Allowance to Eligible Locally Recruited Staff of the Institutions of the Community

The Council of Ministers,MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Treaty establishing the Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions;MINDFUL of the provisions of paragraph (a), Article 29 of the staff Regulations of the Institutions of the Community which provide for the payment of duty allowances to staff members who discharge extra responsibilities and are often called upon to put in extra hours of work;CONSIDERING that by Decision C/DEC.5/12/94 of the Council of Ministers, the payment of responsibility allowance was temporarily suspended, for a period of one year with effect from 1st January 1995, alongside other allowances paid to staff of the Community Institutions due to the then precarious financial situation of Member States;DESIRING to encourage and compensate staff members who, by the nature of their functions, put in extra efforts and time in their work;ON THE RECOMMENDATION of the 27th Meeting of the Administration and Finance Commission held in Abuja from 27 November to 3rd December 2001;ENACTS

Article 1

Decision C/DEC.5/12/2001 dated 17 December 1994 on the suspension of the payment of certain allowances to staff of the Community Institutions is hereby abrogated.

Article 2

The following category of staff are eligible for the payment of duty allowance which shall be calculated as a percentage of their monthly basic salaries as follows:Drivers to Statutory Appointees: 15%Drivers in the pool: 15%Secretaries: 15%Telex operators: 10%Protocol/Administrative Assistants: 10%Accounting Assistants: 10%Messengers: 10%The Head of each Institution shall from to time to time establish a list of staff that will be entitled to the payment of this allowance.

Article 3

This Regulation shall be published by the Executive Secretariat in the Official Journal of the Community within thirty (30) days of its signature by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers. It shall also be published within the same time frame by each Member State in its National Gazette
Done at Dakar, this 17th day of December, 2001Bacari KoneChairman for Council
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