Judgment No. 2440

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 06.07.2005
• Original: French
• Judges: Gentot, Ba, Rouiller
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

1. The EPO shall pay the complainant 1,000 euros in compensation.
2. It shall also pay him 1,000 euros in costs.
3. All other claims are dismissed.

Consideration 7

Extract:

If a staff member withdraws some of his/her claims during the internal appeal procedure, he/she cannot raise them before the Tribunal.

Keywords

procedure before the tribunal; complaint; claim; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; tribunal

Considerations 8-9

Extract:

An international organisation cannot presume that a staff member participated in industrial action, and withold part of his/her salary, if it does not have proof of his/her participation in the collective actions.

Keywords

evidence; organisation's duties; salary; deduction; entitlement for service rendered; participation; right to strike; strike