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Judgment No. 2389

Decision

The complaint is dismissed.

Consideration 6

Extract:

"Under [Staff] Rule [105.3], it is not sufficient for entitlement to home leave that internationally recruited staff members be serving in a country other than that of which they are nationals; they must also meet the required conditions. Thus, paragraph 2a of the Rule stipulates that a staff member shall be eligible for home leave provided that while performing his official duties he continues to reside in a country other than that of which he is a national. This condition is clearly not met in the case of a staff member who lived in his home country only during his early childhood and who, at the time of his appointment, had been residing for several decades, practically without a break, in the country where he performs his official duties."

Reference(s)

Organization rules reference: UPU Staff Rule 105.3

Keywords

nationality; staff regulations and rules; provision; duty station; appointment; non-local status; residence; home leave; staff member's duties; condition; difference; right; official

Consideration 7

Extract:

The home country "is not necessarily that of the staff member's nationality. It could be the country with which he has the closest connection outside the country in which he is employed (see Judgment 1985, under 9), for instance the home country of his wife or of children whom he may have adopted or taken in but who he believes should keep up their connections with their native environment. Thus, according to Staff Rule 105.3, paragraph 4c, the Director General, in exceptional circumstances, may authorise a staff member to take home leave in a country other than the country of his nationality, provided that the latter can show that he maintained his normal residence in that other country for a prolonged period preceding his appointment, that he continues to have close family or personal ties in that country and that his taking home leave there would not be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of Staff Regulation 5.3."

Reference(s)

Organization rules reference: UPU Staff Regulation 5.3 and Staff Rule 105.3, paragraph 4c
ILOAT Judgment(s): 1985

Keywords

nationality; place of origin; exception; burden of proof; staff regulations and rules; duty station; period; appointment; family relationship; dependent child; adoption; residence; official travel; home leave; executive head; condition; definition; difference

Consideration 7

Extract:

"[T]he purpose of home leave is to enable staff members who, owing to their work, spend a number of years away from the country with which they have the closest personal or material ties to return there in order to maintain those connections. Regulation 5.3, which denies home leave to staff members whose home country is the country of their official duty station or who continue to reside in their home country, is therefore self-explanatory. Regulation 4.5, paragraph 2, reflects the same reasoning, insofar as it provides that a staff member may lose entitlement to home leave if, following a change in his residential status, he is, in the opinion of the Director General, deemed to be a permanent resident of any country other than that of his nationality, provided that the Director General considers that the continuation of such entitlement would be contrary to the purposes for which the benefit was created."

Reference(s)

Organization rules reference: UPU Staff Regulations 4.5, paragraph 2, and 5.3

Keywords

nationality; place of origin; staff regulations and rules; amendment to the rules; duty station; period; family relationship; residence; home leave; executive head; condition; consequence; difference; purpose; refusal; official



 
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