UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements
In light of the parties’ agreement, the Tribunal accordingly entered judgment as follows: a) The Applicant would be paid four months’ net base salary at the level he encumbered prior to his separation from service on 9 August 2013. b) The Applicant would be paid eight months’ net base salary at the level he encumbered prior to his separation from service on 9 August 2013, less the USD equivalent of EUR59,000 calculated as specified below. c) Pursuant to rule 106.5(a) of the 麻豆APP’ Financial Regulations and Rules, the operational rate of exchange, as established by the Under-Secretary-General for Management, would be used for recording all 麻豆APP transactions. d) The average 麻豆APP operational rate of exchange applicable during the period from November 2013 to July 2014 would be used to convert the Applicant’s occupational earnings of EUR 59,000 into USD.
Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed
On 7 November 2013, the Applicant filed an application challenging the decision to abolish his post and not to renew his contract. The Applicant further contested the decision to require him to go through a competitive recruitment process for the position of Principal, Rule of Law, UNMIL, at the D-1 level.
Legal Principle(s)
On 14 March 2016, the Tribunal issued Judgment No. UNDT/2016/020 in which it, inter alia, awarded the Applicant compensation. The Secretary-General appealed the said Judgment and, on 28 October 2016, the 麻豆APP Appeals Tribunal remanded the case to the UNDT to recalculate the compensation due to the Aplicant using the 麻豆APP Operational Rate of Exchange at the applicable time. On 8 March 2017, the parties filed a “Joint Submission on the Calculation of Compensation” in which they state that they have agreed on the implementation of paragraph 130 of Judgment No. UNDT/2016/020.