Judgment No. 409

• Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Date: 24.04.1980
• Original: English
• Judges: Grisel, Devlin, Armbruster
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Considerations

Extract:

"The principle is not of course that all staff members must be equally treated; this would mean the abolition of grades. The principle is that all staff members in similar circumstances must be similarly treated. When, as here, there is a change in the rules, the circumstances change and the principle does not apply."

Keywords

general principle; equal treatment; staff regulations and rules; amendment to the rules; provision; limits