RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BFA/W/46
15 May 2000
(00-1991)
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
PERFORMANCE AWARD PROGRAMME
Introduction
1. It will be recalled that Staff Regulation 6.5 reads as follows:
"The WTO shall institute and maintain programmes to recognize staff members' contributions
and to reward staff members according to their performance and achievements as documented
in the annual evaluation reports.  Performance-related awards shall constitute on aggregate no
more than 2 per cent of the total net salary budg et, subject to review by the General Council in
light of a proposal by the Director-General".
2. The present paper provides an outline of the programme which the Director-General proposes
to introduce in application of Staff Regulation 6.5.  The corresponding proposed amendments to the
Staff Rules are also attached.
Performance evaluation process
3. For the purposes of the performance pay programme, three levels of performance will be
distinguished, namely, "excellent", "fully satisfactory" and "requires improvement".
4. As provided for in Staff Rules 105.1 and 105.2, performance will be evaluated annually on
the basis of the attainment of specified job requirements and work objectives.  These will be
established for each staff member at the beginning of each annual performance cycle, reviewed in
mid-cycle and then evaluated at the end of each cycle.
5. Directors will carry out a full evaluation of each staff member's performance and recommend
a rating at one of the above three levels.
6. These ratings will then be reviewed at the departmental level for consistency and
recommendations made to the Director-General on the allocation of performance awards for each
department concerned.
7. All departmental recommendations will then be jointly reviewed by the Director-General and
Deputies Director-General to ensure consistency across the whole Secretariat.
Performance awards
8. Staff members whose performance is rated as fully satisfactory will receive a pensionable
increase in salary, provided that the staff member's salary after the increase does not exceed the
maximum of the salary range for the grade concerned.  Where a staff member's salary does not allow
for the full pensionable increase, the balance of the increase will be paid as a non-pensionable award.WT/BFA/W/46
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9. Staff members whose performance is rated as excellent will be eligible to receive a non-
pensionable, lump-sum bonus, in addition to the increase described in paragraph 8, above.
10. A staff member whose performance is rated as requiring improvement will receive no award.
11. As stipulated in Staff Regulation 6.5, the total cost of the performance awards granted each
year will not exceed on aggregate 2 per cent of the total net salary budget.  The salary ranges will bederived from the existing scale, and the minimum and maximum points of each range will correspond
to the current minimum and maximum steps for each grade.  The pensionable increase will be defined
as a given percentage for step 1 of each grade, the percentage being differentiated by grade.  The
bonus for excellent performance will correspond to a given percentage of the net salary of the staff
member concerned, that percentage being the same for all grades.
12. The applicable values for the pensionable increase and bonus award are currently being
determined on the basis of detailed payroll simulations.
13. The performance award programme will be applicable to staff members in grades 1 to
12 only.
Amendments to the Staff Rules
14. Draft amendments to the Staff Rules are attached for information.WT/BFA/W/46
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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 s hown 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/46
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Annual Net Salary and Pensionable Remuneration Scale Effective [  ]
(in Swiss Francs)
RANGE PENSIONABLE INCREASE AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE
MINIMUM POINT OF THE SALARY RANGEGRADE
Minimum Maximum
Net salary 1
Pensionable remuneration46,363
51,00461,654
70,924To be defined
Net salary 2
Pensionable remuneration50,529
56,40767,209
78,241To be defined
Net salary 3
Pensionable remuneration55,062
62,30173,231
86,808To be defined
Net salary 4
Pensionable remuneration60,066
68,84479,884
96,397To be defined
Net salary 5
Pensionable remuneration65,729
76,25287,408
107,275To be defined
Net salary 6
Pensionable remuneration71,981
85,00495,733
119,562To be defined
Net salary 7
Pensionable remuneration78,819
94,860104,824
133,211To be defined
Net salary 8
Pensionable remuneration94,015
117,007125,456
165,487To be defined
Net salary 9
Pensionable remuneration111,692
143,600144,737
196,948To be defined
Net salary 10
Pensionable remuneration131,907
175,829160,155
223,119To be defined
Net salary 11
Pensionable remuneration146,625
200,089167,049
235,049To be defined
Net salary 12
Pensionable remuneration162,511
227,161176,916
252,233To be defined
Lump-sum non-pensionable bonuses for excellent performance shall correspond to a movement of [to be defined] in the correspondi ng salary range.
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