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Judgment 3238
115th Session, 2013
Centre for the Development of Enterprise
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Summary: The complainants challenge the decision to terminate their appointments due to the abolition of their posts following a restructuring.
Considerations 19-20
Extract:
In view of the nature and length of the complainants’ appointments, the Tribunal will order the CDE to reinstate them in the Centre, to the full extent possible, as from the date on which their dismissal took effect, [...] with all the legal consequences that this entails.
However, if the CDE considers, in view of its staff complement and budgetary resources, that it cannot actually reinstate the complainants, it shall have to pay them material damages for their unlawful removal from their posts. In this connection, the complainants have no grounds for claiming the payment of all the emoluments which they would have received until they reached retirement age because, although their contracts were concluded for an indefinite period of time, they did not guarantee them an appointment with the Centre until the end of their careers, having regard to the latter’s very difficult financial situation.
Keywords:
material damages; reinstatement;
Judgment 3215
115th Session, 2013
International Atomic Energy Agency
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Summary: As the complainant did not exhaust internal remedies concerning her claim of harassment and failed to prove negligence on the part of IAEA, the Tribunal dismissed her complaint.
Consideration 12
Extract:
"As discussed in Judgment 2804, negligence is the failure to take reasonable steps to prevent a foreseeable risk of injury. Liability in negligence is occasioned when the failure to take such steps causes an injury that was foreseeable. A person seeking damages for negligence bears the burden of establishing the factual foundation on which the claim is based."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 2804
Keywords:
burden of proof; evidence; general principle; injury; liability; material damages; negligence; organisation's duties; professional accident; service-incurred; working conditions;
Judgment 3198
115th Session, 2013
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Summary: The complainant seeks the withdrawal from his personal file of the warnings concerning his productivity.
Consideration 25
Extract:
"According to the case law of the Tribunal, no damages will be ordered where a decision does not hamper a career and the matter which was complained of has been withdrawn (see Judgment 1380, under 11)."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 1380
Keywords:
decision; evidence; lack of evidence; lack of injury; material damages; moral injury; no cause of action; professional injury; withdrawal of decision;
Judgment 3154
114th Session, 2013
International Telecommunication Union
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Summary: The ITU applies for interpretation of paragraph 2 of the decision in Judgment 2958 concerning the definition of "gross salary" for the calculation of termination indemnity.
Consideration 6
Extract:
"The ordinary meaning of 'gross salary' is the full amount of a staff member’s regular remuneration including allowances, overtime pay, commissions and bonuses, and any other amount usually paid, before any deductions are made. In context, the notion of 'gross salary' was chosen to indicate the base salary prior to the staff deduction, plus all allowances and benefits. This interpretation is consistent with the fact that the award of damages had to be the equivalent of reinstatement and that the express purpose was to compensate the complainant for the time he 'should have worked with the Union'."
Keywords:
amount; application for interpretation; compensation; gross salary; interpretation; judgment of the tribunal; material damages;
Judgment 3137
113th Session, 2012
World Health Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 8
Extract:
[T]he time that has now elapsed makes it impractical to order the complainant’s reinstatement. However, he is entitled to material damages that take account of what would have happened had he not been dismissed. In this regard, the complainant contends that his contract was extended for a further period of two years on 31 July 2007. Although there was a recommendation to that effect, the evidence indicates, as claimed by WHO, that it was only renewed until 9 November 2007. Had the matter been properly considered at that time, it may well have resulted in a finding of negligence, but not of misconduct. In these circumstances, it is likely that his contract would only have been extended until 31 July 2008 but with a prospect of further extension if his performance proved satisfactory in that period. Given that his previous performance had been rated highly, there was a good chance that it would be satisfactory and his contract then renewed. That being so, the complainant lost not only the salary and benefits he would have received until 31 July 2008, but also a valuable chance that his contract would then have been further extended. In the circumstances he is entitled to material damages equivalent to one year’s salary and other benefits from 10 November 2007 to 9 November 2008 had his contract not been terminated.
Keywords:
material damages; reinstatement;
Judgment 3134
113th Session, 2012
Universal Postal Union
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 9
Extract:
[T]he loss sustained by the complainant consists of the difference between the payments which the UNJSPF would have made to him when he reached retirement age, if the Provident Scheme had transferred his accumulated entitlements to the Fund, and the benefits which the Fund will actually pay to him at that time. This loss has to be compensated by means of an indemnity corresponding to the capitalised amount of the supplementary pension which the complainant may have secured with an independent provident institution [...].
Keywords:
material damages; pension;
Judgment 3130
113th Session, 2012
World Health Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 9
Extract:
"The complainant requests an award of 10,000 United States dollars for unreasonable delays in the internal appeal proceedings. The appeal before the Regional Board of Appeal lasted only nine months from the date of appeal [...] to the date of the decision by the Regional Director [...] to endorse the Board’s recommendation [...]. The complainant’s appeal before the [Headquarters Board of Appeal] lasted just over 13 months from the date of appeal [...] to the decision by the Director-General [...]. Considering that the two appeals took less than two years to complete, the complainant cannot be considered to have suffered from inordinate delays meriting an award of damages. This is especially true considering that the two tiered appeal process has provided him with greater protection of his rights as a staff member."
Keywords:
administrative delay; claim; compensation; date; decision; executive head; internal appeal; material damages; official; reasonable time; recommendation; refusal; right;
Judgment 3108
113th Session, 2012
International Atomic Energy Agency
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 13
Extract:
Having submitted his application in good faith, the complainant was entitled to have it considered on its merits and in a timely manner. While it cannot be said that the complainant's contract would have been extended, the Agency's lack of diligence in its consideration of its application effectively foreclosed any possibility to have his contract extended. In these circumstances, he is not entitled to an award of the salary and benefits which he would have received if his contract had been extended as he has claimed. However, he is entitled to moral damages for the flaws identified.
Keywords:
delay in internal procedure; material damages; moral injury; retirement age;
Judgment 2935
109th Session, 2010
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 5
Extract:
"The complainant claims punitive damages. This claim may be summarily dismissed because it is tantamount to asking the Tribunal to make an example of the Organisation by obliging it to pay compensation exceeding the material and moral injury actually suffered by the complainant. Such a claim may be allowed only in exceptional circumstances, for instance where an organisation's conduct has been in gross breach of its obligation to act in good faith."
Keywords:
breach; compensation; good faith; material damages;
Judgment 2891
108th Session, 2010
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 7
Extract:
"The Tribunal finds that UNIDO failed to deal with the complainant's appeal in a timely and diligent manner. According to well-established case law, the Organization has a duty to maintain a fully functional internal appeals body. Further, "[s]ince compliance with internal appeal procedures is a condition precedent to access to the Tribunal, an organisation has a positive obligation to see to it that such procedures move forward with reasonable speed" (see Judgment 2197, under 33). The complainant's appeal was filed on 10 September 2004 and the Director-General's decision to endorse the appeal in part was dated 11 March 2008. This represents a significant and unacceptable delay of approximately 42 months. This delay entitles the complainant to moral damages. However, having regard to the reason for the delay (mainly obstacles in the appeal procedure) and considering the Organization's subsequent steps to rectify the situation, the Tribunal does not consider that the delay warrants an award of exemplary damages."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 2197
Keywords:
administrative delay; internal appeal; internal appeals body; material damages;
Judgment 2878
108th Session, 2010
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 10
Extract:
"The Tribunal finds that the Organization failed to deal with the complainant's appeal in a timely and diligent manner as the internal appeal process lasted for approximately 21 months, which is unacceptable in view of the simplicity of the appeal which hinged primarily on a question of receivability (see Judgment 2841, under 9). Therefore the Tribunal awards the complainant 1,500 euros in damages."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 2841
Keywords:
administrative delay; delay; internal appeal; material damages; organisation's duties; reasonable time; receivability of the complaint; time limit;
Judgment 2867
108th Session, 2010
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 18
Extract:
"Although the Joint Appeals Board recommended that the complainant be reinstated in a post in the Global Mechanism, there is no evidence that her contract would have been renewed for the 2008- 2009 biennium. Accordingly, reinstatement will not be ordered. However, as the abolition of her post was the only reason advanced for the non-renewal of the complainant's contract and there is nothing to suggest that her contract would not otherwise have been extended for two years, she is entitled to material damages in the amount of salary and other benefits she would have received had her contract been renewed for a further two years, together with interest [...]."
Keywords:
abolition of post; extension of contract; legitimate expectation; material damages; non-renewal of contract; reinstatement; staff reduction;
Judgment 2843
107th Session, 2009
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Considerations 4 and 6
Extract:
As a result of slipping on liquid in the Office's underground car park, the complainant suffered a fracture of the leg.
"The complainant contends [...] that the Office breached the duty of care owed to its employees by failing to provide a safe work environment. He maintains that the Office was negligent in its cleaning and maintenance of the car park and claims that it should have been mopped instead of just swept on a weekly basis and that the security staff were not specifically trained to check for and report oil or water stains."
"Given the nature of the premises, namely a car park, it cannot be concluded that it was reasonable for the Office to take measures in addition to those that were in place at the time of the accident. In particular, it cannot be concluded that it should have arranged for the mopping rather than the sweeping of the floors. Moreover, it has not been established that, even if additional measures had been taken, they would have eliminated the risk of injury. Accordingly, negligence has not been established and the complaint must be dismissed."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 435, 2533, 2804
Keywords:
general principle; invalidity; liability; material damages; organisation's duties; professional accident; service-incurred;
Judgment 2841
107th Session, 2009
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Considerations 7 and 9
Extract:
"The Tribunal is of the opinion that the complaint is irreceivable."
"However, the Tribunal finds that the Organization failed to deal with the complainant's appeal in a timely and diligent manner. According to well established case law, '[s]ince compliance with internal appeal procedures is a condition precedent to access to the Tribunal, an organisation has a positive obligation to see to it that such procedures move forward with reasonable speed' (see Judgment 2197, under 33). In the present case, the internal appeal process lasted for approximately 18 months which is unacceptable in view of the simplicity of the appeal which hinged primarily on a question of receivability. The Tribunal therefore awards the complainant 1,500 euros in damages."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 2197
Keywords:
administrative delay; delay; internal appeal; material damages; moral injury; organisation's duties; time limit;
Judgment 2769
106th Session, 2009
International Atomic Energy Agency
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 9
Extract:
"As it cannot be confirmed but for the flaw in the selection process that the complainant would have been appointed to the post of Section Head, this aspect of the claim for material damages is rejected. The complainant, however, lost a valuable opportunity to be properly considered for the said post."
Keywords:
appointment; competition; due process; injury; material damages; material injury; procedure before the tribunal;
Judgment 2742
105th Session, 2008
World Meteorological Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 41
Extract:
The complainant contests the decision to reassign her to the post of Chief of the Internal Audit Service (IAS) and asks to be reinstated in her former post. "Although the decision to reassign the complainant to the post of Chief of IAS was taken without authority, it does not follow that she should be reinstated in her former post. That post was lawfully abolished [...]. However, she is entitled to substantial damages notwithstanding that her reassignment was to a post at the same grade."
Keywords:
abolition of post; consequence; decision; grade; material damages; post; procedural flaw; reassignment; reinstatement; request by a party;
Judgment 2732
105th Session, 2008
International Organization for Migration
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 19
Extract:
"Although the decision [to terminate the complainant's appointment during her probationary period] must be set aside, in view of the circumstances it is not clear that, even if she had been given a proper warning and an opportunity to improve, her appointment would have been confirmed. However, as a result of the Organization's actions she lost a valuable opportunity to improve and demonstrate her suitability for the position and to have her contract considered in that light. The loss of that opportunity warrants an award of material damages in the amount of 15,000 euros."
Keywords:
contract; decision; duty to inform; good faith; injury; material damages; non-renewal of contract; organisation's duties; probationary period;
Judgment 2678
104th Session, 2008
International Criminal Court
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 17
Extract:
"Although the impugned decision must be set aside, it does not follow, as claimed by the complainant, that he is entitled to material damages on the basis that his contract should have been renewed [...]. A fixed-term contract carries no right to renewal. Moreover, there is no basis for assuming that a proper evaluation and review of the complainant's performance [...] would have resulted in any extension of his contract. However, he lost a valuable opportunity to have the question of renewal considered on the basis of a proper review of his performance [...]. The loss of that opportunity warrants an award of material damages in the amount of 7,500 euros."
Keywords:
compensation; condition; contract; decision; extension of contract; fixed-term; injury; legitimate expectation; material damages;
Judgment 2533
101st Session, 2006
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 6
Extract:
The complainant suffered a workplace injury at the Organization premises. The results of this seemingly minor accident were catastrophic and the complainant is now permanently and totally disabled and suffers from a rare illness, which has extended up both of the complainant's legs and requires him to use a wheelchair.
"It is common for a mature legal system to provide compensation on a 'no fault' basis to employees who suffer workplace injuries; the law of the international civil service can do no less."
Keywords:
applicable law; general principle; handicapped person; international civil service principles; invalidity; material damages; official; organisation's duties; professional accident; service-incurred;
Judgment 2457
99th Session, 2005
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 4
Extract:
"The Organisation contends that the claims for damages are irreceivable because they were put forward in this specific manner for the first time in the complaint. However, it appears from the submissions that the request concerning damages had in fact been made in the course of the internal appeal procedure, albeit only orally and in general terms. [...] The Tribunal therefore considers that, in accordance with the case law (see in particular Judgment 2360), the claims for damages are receivable."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 2360
Keywords:
appraisal of evidence; breach; case law; claim; complaint; evidence; formal requirements; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; material damages; moral injury; new claim; procedure before the tribunal; receivability of the complaint; request by a party;
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