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The UNAT determined that it had been demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence that the former staff member committed serious misconduct by: i) failing to return to the United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) funds of USD 587,428.65 that were erroneously credited to her account and to which she was not entitled; ii) failing 51ÁÔÆæ a judgment issued by the High Court of Zambia (High Court Judgment), which ordered her to return the aforementioned funds to UNFCU; and iii) submitting false documentation and/or misrepresenting facts during the investigation conducted by the Office...

The UNAT determined that the decision to maintain the staff member¡¯s performance rating ¡°C ¨C Partially meets expectations¡± constituted a reviewable administrative decision that had direct legal effect on his employment. It observed that under the applicable legal framework, a rating of ¡°Partially meets expectations¡± justifies a determination that a salary increment is not warranted, and that the increment shall be withheld pending the outcome of a PIP. The UNAT considered these consequences to be disadvantageous effects resulting directly from the rating.

The UNAT also concluded that the...

The UNAT held that the former staff member¡¯s challenge to the ALWP decision and the New York position decision was not receivable, as she had not sought management evaluation of those decisions.

Regarding the disciplinary measure, the UNAT determined that her statements and social media posts constituted unauthorized outside activities amounting to misconduct. It noted that she issued statements, posted articles, and gave interviews without prior authorization, despite repeated warnings. It held that her social media engagements referenced international humanitarian assistance, humanitarian...

The UNAT held that the UNDT erred in finding that the former staff member¡¯s performance had not been fairly and objectively evaluated. It found that she knew that her telecommuting arrangement was temporary and nevertheless reported to her duty station in Fiji only months later. It emphasized that her delay in requesting the payment of a travel lump sum and in applying for a visa for her mother did not excuse her failure to report timeously. The UNAT confirmed that, in assessing her performance, the Administration was entitled to consider the extent of, reasons, and consequences of her...

The UNAT held that none of the reasons provided by Mr. Hejab, considered individually or collectively, were convincing enough to consider his case exceptional, so as to warrant the award of higher compensation than set by Article 10(5) of the UNRWA DT Statute.

The UNAT held that it is not unusual for an older staff member, particularly one who is close to retirement, to have difficulty in finding another job. Likewise, although there are difficult economic conditions where he lives, this is also not the type of factor that warrants compensation in excess of the statutory norm.

The UNAT held...

The UNAT found that UNICEF had conducted the selection process in a manner fully consistent with its administrative legal framework, including having provided detailed reasons for considering the staff member unsuitable for the post. The UNAT held that his candidature had received full and fair consideration, and he had not shown through clear and convincing evidence that he had been denied a fair chance of selection. The UNAT noted that there was no evidence of bias or ill-motive against him.

The UNAT was of the view that UNICEF¡¯s failure to notify the staff member of the non-selection...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que l'UNDT avait commis une erreur en concluant que la demande de la fonctionnaire n'¨¦tait pas recevable. Il a estim¨¦ que la fonctionnaire avait en fait contest¨¦ une d¨¦cision administrative qu'elle jugeait non conforme ¨¤ ses conditions d'emploi. Par cons¨¦quent, l'UNDT ¨¦tait comp¨¦tent pour d¨¦cider s'il y avait lieu ou non d'ordonner la conduite d'une enqu¨ºte ou de prendre d'autres mesures concernant les all¨¦gations et les plaintes de la fonctionnaire. Le TUNAT a conclu qu'en jugeant la demande de la fonctionnaire irrecevable, le TUD avait agi en violation de la section 5.6 du...

Le TUNC a not¨¦ que l'outil de classification des emplois de l'Agence avait ¨¦t¨¦ utilis¨¦ pour reclasser les postes des membres du personnel. Le TUNC a estim¨¦ que le DT de l'UNRWA n'avait pas commis d'erreur en statuant sur l'affaire en l'absence du document complet intitul¨¦ ? Master Standard for Classification ? (Norme principale de classification) de la Commission de la fonction publique internationale. Le TUNC a donn¨¦ raison au Commissaire g¨¦n¨¦ral en estimant que les rapports de classification ¨¦taient pertinents et suffisants pour les d¨¦cisions du DT de l'UNRWA.

Le TUNAT a estim¨¦ que, malgr¨¦...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que le Fonds avait raisonnablement choisi une p¨¦riode de 30 ans pour son analyse statistique afin de d¨¦terminer s'il y avait des ? r¨¦sultats aberrants ? en termes de pensions per?ues par les b¨¦n¨¦ficiaires qui avaient choisi la Slovaquie comme pays de r¨¦sidence. De m¨ºme, le TFP a estim¨¦ que les conclusions tir¨¦es par la Caisse ¨¤ partir de cette analyse ¨¦taient correctes, soulignant que le graphique montrait une grande disparit¨¦ entre les b¨¦n¨¦ficiaires r¨¦sidents ayant pris leur retraite entre 1993 et 2007 et ceux ayant pris leur retraite apr¨¨s cette p¨¦riode, disparit¨¦ due...

L'UNAT a not¨¦ que le fonctionnaire avait ¨¦t¨¦ inform¨¦ par courrier ¨¦lectronique du reclassement du poste qu'il occupait, sans commentaires sur les motifs de cette d¨¦cision. L'UNAT a ¨¦galement not¨¦ qu'il n'avait pas ¨¦t¨¦ promu au poste reclass¨¦ avant de quitter le service.

Le TUNAT a estim¨¦ que le TUD avait correctement d¨¦termin¨¦ que le fonctionnaire savait ou aurait d? raisonnablement savoir, ¨¤ la date ¨¤ laquelle il avait re?u la notification du reclassement ou, au plus tard, ¨¤ la date ¨¤ laquelle le poste reclass¨¦ avait ¨¦t¨¦ publi¨¦ dans Inspira, que son poste avait ¨¦t¨¦ reclass¨¦ et qu'il n'avait...

The UNAT noted that the Agency¡¯s job classification tool had been used to reclassify the staff members¡¯ posts. The UNAT found that the UNRWA DT had not erred when it had decided the case in the absence of the full document of the International Civil Service Commission¡¯s ¡°Master Standard for Classification¡±. The UNAT agreed with the Commissioner-General that the Classification Reports were relevant and sufficient for the UNRWA DT¡¯s determinations.

The UNAT held that notwithstanding the various anomalies in the reclassification process, the staff members had failed to show anything specific that...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que le TDPI n'avait pas manqu¨¦ ¨¤ son obligation d'exercer sa comp¨¦tence et n'avait commis aucune erreur de proc¨¦dure. L'UNAT a conclu que le TDPI n'avait pas outrepass¨¦ son large pouvoir discr¨¦tionnaire en rejetant les objections de l'avocat du fonctionnaire lorsqu'il a autoris¨¦ le conseiller juridique du Secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral ¨¤ poser des questions suppl¨¦mentaires et que, en tout ¨¦tat de cause, la d¨¦cision du TDPI n'avait eu aucune incidence significative ou pr¨¦judiciable sur l'issue de l'affaire.

Le TUNAT a estim¨¦ que le TND n'avait pas commis d'erreur en concluant que la photo...

Le TUNAT a estim¨¦ qu'au-del¨¤ du signalement au Bureau des services de contr?le interne (BSCI) d'un ¨¦ventuel comportement interdit li¨¦ au non-respect des r¨¨gles et r¨¨glements financiers de l'Organisation des Nations Unies, le fonctionnaire n'avait aucun autre int¨¦r¨ºt juridique dans la conduite de l'enqu¨ºte ou son issue. Le TUNAT a en outre confirm¨¦ l'avis du TUDN selon lequel l'affirmation du fonctionnaire selon laquelle le BSCI avait refus¨¦ d'ouvrir une enqu¨ºte sur son signalement ¨¦tait sans fondement. Le TUNAT a conclu que le TUDN n'avait pas commis d'erreur en jugeant irrecevable la demande...

Le TUNAT a not¨¦ que le comit¨¦ d'entretien avait d¨¦sign¨¦ la fonctionnaire comme l'une des candidates recommand¨¦es pour le poste, mais que le rapport de recrutement ne mentionnait pas, par erreur, si elle avait ¨¦t¨¦ consid¨¦r¨¦e sur une base d'¨¦quivalence. Le TUNAT a observ¨¦ que le comit¨¦ consultatif avait par la suite estim¨¦ que son exp¨¦rience ne lui permettait pas de b¨¦n¨¦ficier de l'¨¦quivalence et qu'elle ne remplissait pas les conditions requises en mati¨¨re de formation.

Le TPNU a estim¨¦ que, comme la fonctionnaire avait ¨¦t¨¦ s¨¦lectionn¨¦e ¨¤ tort, sa participation au reste du processus de...

The UNAT noted that the staff member had been notified of the reclassification of the post he encumbered by e-mail without comments on the basis for the decision. The UNAT also noted that he had not been promoted to the reclassified post before separation from service.

The UNAT found that the UNDT had correctly determined that the staff member knew or reasonably should have known by the date he received notification of the reclassification or, at the very latest, by the date the vacancy of the reclassified post was advertised in Inspira, that his post had been reclassified and that he had not...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que l'UNDT avait correctement conclu que l'ancien fonctionnaire avait commis une faute en violant ¨¤ plusieurs reprises, pendant plus d'un an et demi, les r¨¨gles interdisant ¨¤ son ¨¦pouse de passer la nuit avec lui dans l'enceinte de la MINUSS, un lieu d'affectation non familial, sans autorisation ni paiement des frais d'h¨¦bergement requis, malgr¨¦ de multiples avertissements et une r¨¦primande pr¨¦alable.

Le TUNAT a ¨¦galement confirm¨¦ que, lors d'une s¨¦ance de conseil, l'ancien fonctionnaire avait menac¨¦ de tuer son ¨¦pouse et tout membre du personnel afin de prot¨¦ger leur mariage et...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que le TFP avait correctement d¨¦termin¨¦ que la d¨¦cision de non-s¨¦lection avait ¨¦t¨¦ remplac¨¦e et rendue sans objet par l'annulation ult¨¦rieure de cette d¨¦cision par l'Administration, qui avait mis fin au processus de s¨¦lection sans que personne ne soit s¨¦lectionn¨¦ pour le poste. Il a conclu qu'¨¤ partir de ce moment, la d¨¦cision de non-s¨¦lection avait cess¨¦ d'avoir tout effet juridique et ne constituait plus une question en suspens sur laquelle le TFP ¨¦tait comp¨¦tent pour statuer.

Le TUNAS a en outre affirm¨¦ qu'il relevait enti¨¨rement de la comp¨¦tence de l'Administration d'annuler...

The UNAT held that the UNDT had not failed to exercise jurisdiction nor committed an error in procedure. The UNAT found that the UNDT had not exceeded its broad discretion in overruling the objections of the staff member¡¯s counsel when it permitted additional questions by the Secretary-General¡¯s counsel and, in any event, the UNDT¡¯s ruling had no material or prejudicial impact on the outcome of the case.

The UNAT found that the UNDT had not erred in finding that the picture the staff member had sent to the complainant had been of an explicit sexual and even pornographic character. The UNAT...

The UNAT held that the Fund reasonably chose a 30-year timeframe for its statistical analysis to determine whether there were ¡°aberrant results¡± in terms of pensions received by beneficiaries who had chosen Slovakia as their country of residence. Similarly, the UNAT held that the conclusions drawn by the Fund from the analysis were properly reached, highlighting that the graph showed a wide disparity between resident beneficiaries who separated from 1993 to 2007 and those who separated afterwards, a disparity solely due to differences in separation dates.

The UNAT found that the suspension...

The UNAT found that beyond reporting the possible prohibited conduct concerning non-compliance with the United Nations financial rules and regulations to the Office of Internal Oversight Services, the staff member had no further interest in law in the conduct of the investigation or its outcome. The UNAT further agreed with the UNDT that there was no basis for his assertion that OIOS had declined to conduct an investigation into his report. The UNAT concluded that the UNDT had not erred in finding the application concerning this decision not receivable.

Regarding the staff member¡¯s complaint of...