text: thecalculation oftotalcompensation margin. Thecontinued inclusion ofthe difference incareerlengths asanelement intotalcompensation calculations would meanthatthethreefactors mentioned inparagraph 25abovewouldbeusedfor defining thenetremuneration margin, whileoneofthemwouldbeusedinmaking actualtotalcompensation comparisons. Thatwasaninconsistency thatwasboundto resultinintroducing further confusion inthealready complex totalcompensation methodology. TheCommission, therefore, wasoftheviewthattheelement pertaining tothedifference incareerlengths should nolonger betakeninto account incalculating thetotalcompensation margin. It,therefore, decided to exclude careerlengthdifferences initsfuturecalculations ofthatmargin. TWO members oftheCommission hadconsiderable difficulty withthefundamental concept oftotalcompensation comparisons. 65.Several members oftheCommission notedthattheanalysis ofannualleave introduced anelement ofexpatriation, namely homeleave,whichtheGeneral Assembly hadnotyetrequested theCommission toaddress. Asuggestion was therefore madetoreporttheresults ofsuchanalysis asoutlined inparagraph 59 abovetotheGeneral Assembly buttorecordthetotalcompensation marginwithout takingintoaccount thedifference intheannualleaveprovisions atthepresent stage. Withregardtocalculations relating tosickleave,holidays. annualleave andthedifferences inhoursofwork,theCommission's priorconsideration ofthose matters remained valid. However, theCommission notedthatthetotalcompensation margin wouldriseto119.8ifthedifference inannualleave(including homeleave provisions fortheUnitedStatesfederalcivilservice employees) weretobetaken intoaccount. 66.TheCommission decided toreportthetotalcompensation margintotheGeneral Assembly excluding thecalculations fGrcareerlengthdifferences. 67.Accordingly, theCommission decided toreporttotheGeneral Assembly atotal compensation marginof11706, whichreflected acomparison atstepIofboththe unitedStatesfederalcivilservice andUnitedNations Professional andhigher category salaryscalesthatincorporated thefollowing elements: UnitedNations DeathgrantbenefitHealthinsuranceBasesalary Postadjustment Dependency allowances PensionsUnitedStates Healthinsurance LifeinsuranceBasesalary pensions -18-3.Reviewofthelevelofremuneration: special rateprogramme and otherpaysystems oftheUnitedStatesfederal civilservice 68.Initsconsideration ofthebasisonwhichcomparison ismadebetween the UnitedNations andtheUnitedStatesfederal civilservice, theCommission was provided withdetails ontheremuneration ofUnitedStatesfederal civilservice paysystems inWashington, D.C.Specifically, sixpaysystems wereexamined, in addition totheGeneral Schedule usedtraditionally forcomparison withtheUnited Nations Professional staffremuneration system, asfollows: (a)Thespecial rateprogramme oftheGeneral Schedule; (b)Themeritpaysystem; (c)TheForeign Service system; (d)Thesystemapplicable tostaffoftheDepartment ofMedicine andSurgery, Veterans Administration; (e)Thesystemapplicable tostaffoftheCommissioned Officer Corpsofthe Department ofHealth andHumanServices; (f)Theindependent schedules knownasthe"GG"schedules. 69.Itwasproposed thatanewcomprehensive eauiva1ency studybeundertaken between comparable positions intheUnitedNations andtheUnitedStatesfederal civilservice. Additionally, thefollowing analytical improvements inthe comparison methodology weresuggested: (a)Useofregression analysis andthedualpayline concept asusedbythe comparator initsownsalary-setting process; (b)Useofaverage salaries tocalculate thedifference between the remuneration ofUnitedStates andUnitedNations officials incomparable positions; (c)Useofaweighting schemetoaccount forthenumberofstaffin comparable positions, aswellasthenumberofstaffinboththegrades andthepay systems represented bythosepositions; (d)Useofspecific taxstatistics tobeprovided bytheUnitedStates Internal Revenue Service (IRS)thatwouldbemorerelevant tothecomparison. Viewsoftheorganizations andstaffrepresentatives 70.TheChairman ofCCAQnotedthattheorganizations had,for,several years, thought thatimprovements couldbeintroduced inthecomparison ofUnitedNations andUnitedStatesremuneration withregardtothepopu1ations andratesofpay beingcompared, thetreatment oftaxesandtheweighting schemeused. He understood thatthesemethodological issues wouldbestudied andheurgedthat UnitedStates Government officials beinvolved intheprocess asearlyaspossible.
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the remuneration and compensation of officials in the United Nations and the United States federal civil service. The Commission is examining the total compensation margin and proposing improvements to the comparison methodology. The text also mentions specific paysystems and salary scales. Given the focus on compensation and employment, it seems likely that the text is related to employment or human resources.