Judge Sandhu
Le TANU a not¨¦ que l'implication de l'agent dans la fraude ¨¤ la subvention locative commise par deux demandeurs avait ¨¦t¨¦ ¨¦tablie par des preuves claires et convaincantes : l'administration avait d¨¦montr¨¦ que le montant r¨¦el pay¨¦ ¨¤ l'agent au titre du loyer mensuel n'¨¦tait pas le montant indiqu¨¦ sur le bail. En outre, le TANU a estim¨¦ que l'UNDT avait correctement d¨¦termin¨¦ qu'il avait incit¨¦ l'un des demandeurs ¨¤ pr¨¦senter une demande frauduleuse de subvention pour les honoraires d'un agent immobilier.
Le TANU a estim¨¦ que m¨ºme si le fonctionnaire n'avait pas b¨¦n¨¦fici¨¦ personnellement ou...
The UNAT noted that the staff member¡¯s involvement in rental subsidy fraud by two claimants had been established by clear and convincing evidence: the Administration had demonstrated that the actual amount paid to the staff member in monthly rent was not the amount shown on the lease. In addition, the UNAT found that the UNDT had correctly determined that he had instigated one of the claimants to submit a fraudulent claim for the subsidy for real estate agent¡¯s fees.
The UNAT held that even if the staff member had not benefitted personally or directly from the fraudulent subsidies, the...
Le TANU a estim¨¦ que l'agent avait eu amplement l'occasion de commenter son transfert lat¨¦ral. Le TANU a not¨¦ qu'elle avait ¨¦t¨¦ inform¨¦e de la recommandation de la s¨¦parer de son premier sup¨¦rieur hi¨¦rarchique, contre lequel elle avait d¨¦pos¨¦ une plainte pour conduite prohib¨¦e, et qu'elle avait eu l'occasion d'exprimer ses pr¨¦occupations.
Le TANU a reconnu que les responsabilit¨¦s et les fonctions du nouveau poste correspondaient aux comp¨¦tences, aux aptitudes et ¨¤ l'exp¨¦rience de l'agent. Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il n'y avait pas eu de risque accru pour sa s¨¦curit¨¦ d'emploi future et qu'elle n...
The UNAT held that the staff member had had ample opportunity to comment on her lateral transfer. The UNAT noted that she had been aware of the recommendation to separate her from her First Reporting Officer, against whom she had made a complaint of prohibited conduct, and had had the opportunity to voice her concerns and also had been informed of the reassignment decision nearly a month before she took up the new post.
The UNAT accepted that the responsibilities and job functions of the new post had been commensurate with the staff member¡¯s competence, skills, and experience. The UNAT found...
Le TANU a jug¨¦ irrecevable le fait que M. Lago se soit appuy¨¦ sur des ¨¦l¨¦ments de preuve suppl¨¦mentaires sans d¨¦poser de requ¨ºte.
Le TANU a confirm¨¦ qu'il n'y avait aucune preuve qu'une demande sp¨¦cifique d'¨¦valuation de la sant¨¦ au travail, faite par M. Lago, ¨¤ titre individuel, ¨¤ un fonctionnaire comp¨¦tent, ait ¨¦t¨¦ refus¨¦e ou ignor¨¦e. En outre, les demandes de M. Lago refl¨¦taient ses tentatives persistantes de contester un tort per?u, qui ne peut ¨ºtre per?u en soi comme une d¨¦cision administrative implicite.
Le TANU a conclu qu'en l'absence de toute preuve d'une demande claire susceptible...
The UNAT held that, Mr. Lago¡¯s reliance on additional evidence without filing a motion, was inadmissible.
The UNAT confirmed that, there was no evidence that a specific request for an occupational health evaluation, made by Mr. Lago, in an individual capacity to an appropriate official, was refused or ignored. Additionally, Mr. Lago¡¯s requests mirrored his persistent attempts to challenge a perceived wrong, which on its own cannot be perceived as an implied administrative decision.
The UNAT concluded that, in the absence of any evidence of a clear request capable of giving rise to an...
Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'aucun des facteurs consid¨¦r¨¦s par le DT de l'UNRWA comme justifiant une indemnisation exceptionnelle n'¨¦tait effectivement exceptionnel, que ce soit individuellement ou collectivement. Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le statut d'employ¨¦ permanent de l'ancien membre du personnel, ses longs ¨¦tats de service, ses difficult¨¦s ¨¤ trouver un nouvel emploi, son statut de r¨¦fugi¨¦, la nature non prouv¨¦e des all¨¦gations de harc¨¨lement sexuel et les retards dans le traitement de son dossier ne constituaient pas le type de circonstances justifiant l'octroi d'une indemnit¨¦ exceptionnelle. Le TANU...
The UNAT held that none of the factors that the UNRWA DT considered as warranting exceptional compensation, were indeed exceptional, either individually or collectively. The UNAT found that the former staff member¡¯s permanent staff status, his long service, his difficulties in finding subsequent employment, his status as a refugee, the unproven nature of the sexual harassment allegations, and the delays in his case, were not the type of circumstances that would warrant an exceptional compensation award. The UNAT held that the UNRWA DT erred in awarding in-lieu compensation above the...
Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le DT de l'UNRWA avait commis une erreur en regroupant les sept affaires. Les affaires consolid¨¦es impliquaient des d¨¦cisions administratives uniques, et ces d¨¦cisions n'impliquaient ni une politique administrative commune, ni un ensemble de faits communs. La nature des fautes attribu¨¦es aux membres du personnel n'¨¦tait pas la m¨ºme dans tous les cas. Les cas concernaient des membres du personnel de diff¨¦rents bureaux locaux de l'UNRWA. Les mesures disciplinaires prises n'¨¦taient pas identiques d'un cas ¨¤ l'autre, mais comprenaient un large ¨¦ventail de sanctions. Les...
The UNAT held that the UNRWA DT erred in consolidating the seven cases. The consolidated cases involved unique administrative decisions, and those decisions involved neither a common administrative policy nor a common set of facts. The nature of the misconduct attributed to the staff members was not similar among the cases. The cases concerned staff from different UNRWA field offices. The disciplinary measures taken were not identical among the cases, but included a wide range of penalties. The standards of proof for the misconduct alleged in case varied.
The UNAT disagreed with the...
Le TANU a d'abord observ¨¦ que l'agent avait consacr¨¦ une partie de son m¨¦moire d'appel ¨¤ contester les conclusions de fait d'un jugement ant¨¦rieur de l'UNDT concernant son dossier disciplinaire. Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il ¨¦tait emp¨ºch¨¦ de le faire parce qu'il n'avait pas fait appel de ce premier jugement de l'UNDT.
Le TANU a estim¨¦ que lorsque le TNDU a examin¨¦ la sanction disciplinaire impos¨¦e, il a correctement pris en compte les cas ant¨¦rieurs impliquant une faute comparable, ainsi que les facteurs aggravants et att¨¦nuants. Les circonstances att¨¦nuantes invoqu¨¦es par l'agent ont ¨¦t¨¦ prises en...
The UNAT first observed that the staff member dedicated parts of his appeal brief to challenging the findings of fact in an earlier UNDT judgment concerning his disciplinary case. The UNAT held that he was estopped from doing so because he did not appeal this earlier UNDT judgment.
The UNAT was satisfied that when the UNDT reviewed the disciplinary sanction imposed, the UNDT properly considered previous cases involving comparable misconduct, as well as aggravating and mitigating factors. The mitigating factors raised by the staff member were considered by the Administration, but they simply...
Le TANU a estim¨¦ que l'UNDT avait conclu ¨¤ tort qu'il existait des preuves claires et convaincantes que l'ancien fonctionnaire savait qu'il entretenait une relation familiale interdite avec un autre membre du personnel, M. S.R.B.
En outre, le TANU a estim¨¦ que m¨ºme si les informations fournies par l'ancien fonctionnaire ¨¦taient fausses, il ne pouvait pas avoir eu l'intention d'induire l'Organisation en erreur en les fournissant ou en les omettant. Au contraire, les preuves ont ¨¦tabli que lorsqu'il a fait ses demandes, il ne savait pas, et n'avait aucune raison de savoir, que M. S.R.B. ¨¦tait...
The UNAT held that the UNDT erroneously concluded that there was clear and convincing evidence of the former staff member¡¯s knowledge that he was in a prohibited family relationship with another staff member, Mr. S.R.B.
Moreover, the UNAT found that even if the information provided by the former staff member was false, he could not have intended to mislead the Organization by providing or omitting it. On the contrary, the evidence established that when he made his relevant applications, he did not know, and had no reason to know, that Mr. S.R.B. was employed by the United Nations. In...
Le TANU a estim¨¦ que l'administration n'avait pas agi de mani¨¨re d¨¦raisonnable ou ill¨¦gale en demandant ¨¤ l'agent de travailler depuis son bureau deux jours par semaine. Il a en outre estim¨¦ que les consid¨¦rations pertinentes, y compris la situation personnelle et m¨¦dicale de l'agent, avaient ¨¦t¨¦ prises en compte et que les consid¨¦rations non pertinentes avaient ¨¦t¨¦ exclues. Le TANU a ¨¦galement estim¨¦ que l'administration n'¨¦tait pas tenue d'¨¦tablir que les am¨¦nagements demand¨¦s repr¨¦sentaient une charge disproportionn¨¦e ou indue pour le lieu de travail.
Le TANU n'a pas non plus trouv¨¦ de...
The UNAT held that the Administration did not act unreasonably or unlawfully in requiring the staff member to work from the office two days per week. It further held that relevant considerations, including the staff member¡¯s personal and medical circumstances, were taken into consideration, and irrelevant considerations were excluded. The UNAT also found that there was no obligation on the Administration to establish that the requested accommodations represented a disproportionate or undue burden on the workplace.
The UNAT also found no merit in the staff member¡¯s argument that the lack of...
Le TANU a not¨¦ que l'agent s'¨¦tait livr¨¦ publiquement ¨¤ des actes de nature sexuelle dans un v¨¦hicule des Nations Unies clairement identifi¨¦, ce qui avait jet¨¦ le discr¨¦dit sur l'Organisation et cr¨¦¨¦ des difficult¨¦s avec le pays h?te.
Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'une affaire dans laquelle les questions en jeu exigeaient que le TANU se prononce sur la cr¨¦dibilit¨¦ des t¨¦moignages contradictoires des parties ou des t¨¦moins et que l'absence d'audience du TANU n'avait pas influ¨¦ sur la d¨¦cision du TANU. L'UNDT disposait d'un clip vid¨¦o montrant les actions en question, qui ¨¦taient...
The UNAT noted that the staff member publicly engaged in acts of a sexual nature in a clearly marked United Nations vehicle, bringing disrepute to the Organization and difficulties with the host country.
The UNAT found that the case was not one where the issues required the UNDT¡¯s determination of the credibility of contradicting testimonies of parties or witnesses and the lack of a UNDT hearing had not affected its decision. The UNDT had before it a video clip depicting the actions in question, which were clearly of a sexual nature.
The UNAT agreed with the UNDT that the lawfulness of the...
Le TANU a not¨¦ que l'agent avait permis ¨¤ une femme non autoris¨¦e de monter ¨¤ bord d'un v¨¦hicule des Nations Unies qui lui avait ¨¦t¨¦ attribu¨¦ et de commettre publiquement des actes de nature sexuelle sur le si¨¨ge arri¨¨re, jetant le discr¨¦dit sur l'Organisation et cr¨¦ant des difficult¨¦s avec le pays h?te.
Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'une affaire dont les questions exigeaient que le TNDU d¨¦termine la cr¨¦dibilit¨¦ des t¨¦moignages contradictoires des parties ou des t¨¦moins et que l'absence d'audience du TNDU n'avait pas influ¨¦ sur sa d¨¦cision. L'UNDT a pris en compte de mani¨¨re...
The UNAT noted that the staff member allowed an unauthorized female individual to board a United Nations vehicle assigned to him and to publicly commit acts of a sexual nature in the rear seat, bringing disrepute to the Organization and difficulties with the host country.
The UNAT found that the case was not one where the issues required the UNDT¡¯s determination of the credibility of contradicting testimonies of parties or witnesses and the lack of a UNDT hearing had not affected its decision. The UNDT appropriately considered the former staff member's admissions, as well as the video clip...