Judgment No. 455

• Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Date: 14.05.1981
• Original: English
• Judges: Grisel, Devlin, Armbruster
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Consideration 5

Extract:

The complainant had a fixed-term appointment of two years, including one year's probation. The probationary period was extended with an indication that without substantial improvement the appointment would be terminated. His contract was terminated under a provision "that the Director-General may at any time terminate the appointment of a staff member who is serving a probationary period if in his opinion it would be in the interests of the organization to do so. [...] Where, as in this case, there is ample evidence to support the conclusion that the complainant's work was unsatisfactory [...] it is not open to the Tribunal to reassess the evidence".

Keywords

probationary period; termination of employment; unsatisfactory service; judicial review; discretion; organisation's interest