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Judgment 860
63rd Session, 1987
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Summary
Extract:
As to identity in the cause of action, Mr [A.] notes that the Tribunal had in part rejected the complainants' plea of breach of good faith on the grounds that they had taken up duty after the new criteria had taken effect. Mr [A.] contends that this reasoning does not apply to him insofar as he had taken up duty before the change in rules. The Tribunal acknowledges that there is on this point a new cause of action; however it holds on the merits that a staff member has no right, save in exceptional cases, to demand that the rules on promotion in force at the time of appointment should never be modified.
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 657
Keywords:
acquired right; amendment to the rules; application for review; appointment; date; effective date; general principle; good faith; practice; promotion; provision; receivability of the complaint; res judicata; same cause of action; terms of appointment;
Judgment 854
63rd Session, 1987
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Summary
Extract:
The complainant, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany, was initially appointed to The Hague, where he received an expatriation allowance; he was then transferred to Berlin where he no longer received the allowance. The complainant contends that he is still entitled to the allowance under Article 72[3] of the EPO Service Regulations since, even though a national of the country in which he is serving, he had been continuously resident in another State for at least 10 years at the time of appointment. The complainant takes the expression 'at the time of their appointment' to mean at the date of transfer. The interpretation is without merit. The complaint is dismissed.
Reference(s)
Organization rules reference: ARTICLE 72.3 OF THE EPO STAFF REGULATIONS
ILOAT Judgment(s): 786
Keywords:
interpretation; nationality; non-resident allowance; place of origin; provision; residence; right; staff regulations and rules;
Judgment 853
63rd Session, 1987
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 5
Extract:
"According to the general rules of construction, all language versions of a text shall be deemed to bear the same meaning save that, where comparison reveals a point of disagreement, the construction that prevails shall be the one that, with due regard to the purpose of the law-maker, best reconciles the various versions."
Keywords:
authentic version; general principle; interpretation; language of rule; provision; purpose; staff regulations and rules;
Judgment 851
63rd Session, 1987
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Summary
Extract:
The complainant objects to provisions in the new guidelines which discount periods of professional activity to the detriment of staff members on duty at 31 December 1984, since such experience may, in certain cases, be counted in full only for staff recruited after that date. The Tribunal observes that the Circular concerns recruitment and is intended to draw the skilled people needed by the Organisation. Accordingly, the Tribunal finds that the distinction at issue answers a need within the Organisation.
Keywords:
administrative instruction; amendment to the rules; equal treatment; organisation's interest; professional experience; provision; reckoning; seniority; terms of appointment;
Judgment 832
62nd Session, 1987
International Labour Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 7
Extract:
As a result of the adoption of a new scale of pensionable remuneration, Article 3.1.1 of the ILO Staff Regulations was amended. "The complainants' case does not rest on breach of any term of their contracts or of any provision of the Staff Regulations. What they are saying is that as applied to them Article 3.1.1 of the Regulations impairs their acquired rights. Their complaints will therefore be receivable if the application of 3.1.1 does cause them injury."
Reference(s)
Organization rules reference: ARTICLE 3.1.1 OF THE ILO STAFF REGULATIONS
Keywords:
amendment to the rules; cause of action; competence of tribunal; condition; enforcement; general decision; individual decision; injury; pension; pensionable remuneration; provision; receivability of the complaint; scale; staff regulations and rules;
Consideration 14
Extract:
"The first [test] is the nature of the altered term. It may be in the contract or in the Staff regulations or Staff Rules or in a decision, and whereas the contract or a decision may give rise to acquired rights the Regulations and Rules do not necessarily do so. The second test is the reason for the change. It is material that the terms of appointment may often have to be adapted to circumstances, and there will ordinarily be no acquired right when a rule or a clause depends on variables such as the cost-of-living index or the value of the currency. Nor can the finances of the body that applies the terms of appointment be discounted. The third test is the consequence of allowing or disallowing an acquired right. What effect will the change have on staff pay and benefits ? And how do those who plead an acquired right fare as against others?"
Keywords:
acquired right; amendment to the rules; contract; cost-of-living increase; definition; equal treatment; exchange rate; provision; staff regulations and rules; terms of appointment;
Judgment 822
62nd Session, 1987
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 3
Extract:
"The grants [the complainant] is claiming under [his new] contract are those which were payable on the cancellation of an indefinite contract under the rules in force 'on this day'. The Tribunal takes that expression to denote [...] the date on which the letter was signed, not [...] the date when the complainant left on the expiry of his contract."
Keywords:
amendment to the rules; date; enforcement; interpretation; provision; staff regulations and rules; terminal entitlements;
Judgment 818
62nd Session, 1987
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 4
Extract:
The complainant may "impugn the decision because it was based on a new method of reckoning. The change is of such a kind as to warrant challenging a method that has the effect of revising the system of steps within grade."
Keywords:
amendment to the rules; cause of action; general decision; professional experience; provision; receivability of the complaint; reckoning; seniority;
Consideration 4
Extract:
"The Tribunal will [...] consider [...] whether the purpose or even the mere effect of the rule is to put some members of the staff at a severe disadvantage. If the new method of reckoning seniority did have that effect the Tribunal would have to see whether it was warranted by broader considerations, the organisation being allowed a large degree of discretion in the matter."
Keywords:
amendment to the rules; discretion; equal treatment; judicial review; professional experience; provision; reckoning; seniority; staff regulations and rules;
Judgment 767
59th Session, 1986
International Labour Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 9
Extract:
The organisation submits that "even if it did construe [Article] 11.16 too loosely it could always put an end to the practice. The ILO may indeed change the interpretation provided, it does not thereby infringe any provision of the Staff Regulations. But the change has to be properly made known and may not be retroactive. The only evidence adduced in support of the argument is a circular which went out after the impugned decision and which therefore could have no bearing on its lawfulness."
Reference(s)
Organization rules reference: ARTICLE 11.16 OF THE ILO STAFF REGULATIONS
Keywords:
amendment to the rules; duty to inform; interpretation; non-retroactivity; practice; provision; staff regulations and rules;
Judgment 751
59th Session, 1986
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 2
Extract:
"It is [...] immaterial that the Committee did not comment on the figures in the new salary scales. [...] In this instance what 'concerns the whole or part of the staff' is the rules for calculating the salaries of staff categories, not the actual amounts individual staff members will be paid".
Keywords:
advisory body; advisory opinion; amendment to the rules; consultation; enforcement; organisation's duties; provision; reckoning; salary; scale; staff regulations and rules;
Consideration 3
Extract:
"The plea that no reasons were given for the impugned decision is also unsound. There can be no obligation whatever on the EPO to state its reasons for introducing scales approved by the Council. Such a decision finds its justification quite simply in the administration's position of subordination to the Council."
Keywords:
administrative instruction; amendment to the rules; decision; duty to substantiate decision; enforcement; executive body; general decision; provision; salary; scale;
Judgment 742
58th Session, 1986
International Labour Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 7
Extract:
"Where a provision of the Staff Regulations is amended the Tribunal may order the organisation to apply the old text rather than the new one. Likewise, where provisions of the Staff Regulations are replaced by clauses of an international agreement, the Tribunal may order the organisation to apply the former instead of the latter. The Tribunal is therefore competent."
Keywords:
amendment to the rules; competence of tribunal; enforcement; international instrument; pension; provision; staff regulations and rules;
Judgment 741
58th Session, 1986
International Labour Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 8
Extract:
Vide Judgment 742, consideration 7.
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 742
Keywords:
amendment to the rules; competence of tribunal; enforcement; international instrument; pension; provision; staff regulations and rules;
Judgment 739
58th Session, 1986
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 7
Extract:
In this case, the Office took the view that the Council's new guidelines on how professional experience should count in the reckoning of seniority did not apply to the complainant. "The EPO was therefore under no duty to inform the complainant of the guidelines or to explain to him how his own position differed from that of staff members to whom the guidelines applied."
Keywords:
administrative instruction; amendment to the rules; decision; duty to inform; executive body; organisation's duties; professional experience; provision; reckoning; seniority;
Summary
Extract:
In 1984, after the President of the Office adopted new rules to take account of the Tribunal's case law, the complainant was awarded a further step in his grade and additional seniority. He is asking that the impugned decision take effect not as from 1 January 1984 as called for by the new rules but as from 1 June 1982, the date when he took up his appointment. The plea fails. The Tribunal observes that, far from discriminating, the impugned decision corrects an existing element of inequality and if there remains inequality it is due to the terms of the complainant's appointment, which were not challenged within the prescribed time limits.
Keywords:
amendment to the rules; appointment; date; effective date; enforcement; equal treatment; grade; professional experience; provision; reckoning; seniority; step;
Judgment 734
58th Session, 1986
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Summary
Extract:
The complainant alleges breach of the principle of equality by a change in the rules governing the reckoning of professional experience from 1 January 1981 which is unfavourable to officials who, like himself, were recruited after that date. The Tribunal holds that the principle of equality does not require that officials appointed at different times should be treated alike.
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 694, 695
Keywords:
administrative instruction; amendment to the rules; appointment; date; difference; enforcement; equal treatment; professional experience; provision; reckoning; seniority;
Judgment 721
58th Session, 1986
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 6
Extract:
"As regards determination of step, the Tribunal merely observes that the President has recently issued instructions which are more favourable to the staff but the EPO is refusing to apply them to former institute officials. The Tribunal sees no reason of law or equity for such discrimination and for such unfair treatment of staff members".
Keywords:
administrative instruction; amendment to the rules; enforcement; equal treatment; provision; reckoning; seniority;
Judgment 674
56th Session, 1985
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Summary
Extract:
The complainant makes unsound objections to the application of guidelines presently in force. An official has no right to demand that rules in force at the time of joining the organisation not be amended. The Tribunal sees no evidence of breach of the principle of equal treatment, as claimed by the complaint. The reason why officials recruited at A.3 and those recruited at A.2 and promoted to A.3 do not fall under the same rule is that their factual positions are not the same.
Keywords:
acquired right; amendment to the rules; equal treatment; promotion; provision; staff regulations and rules; terms of appointment;
Judgment 669
56th Session, 1985
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 2
Extract:
"The general decision impugned* in this case puts no exact figure on the entitlement of the staff members concerned. That will be determined only when the administration comes to take individual decisions in pursuance of the general decision, viz. the Council's approval of the new text of [the] Article".
(*) amending a provision in the Service Regulations on benefits payable in the event of invalidity.
Keywords:
amendment to the rules; competence of tribunal; general decision; individual decision; invalidity; provision; receivability of the complaint; staff regulations and rules;
Judgment 622
53rd Session, 1984
World Health Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 3
Extract:
"The Tribunal hears complaints challenging decisions which are individual acts, not complaints directed against abstract rules of general purport. That its competence is so restricted is evident in particular from Article VIII of its Statute". The Tribunal will rule on the validity of a general and abstract rule "only by way of exception, viz. when hearing a complaint which challenges an actual decision."
Reference(s)
ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VIII OF THE STATUTE
Keywords:
competence of tribunal; exception; general decision; iloat statute; provision;
Judgment 615
53rd Session, 1984
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Summary
Extract:
As a matter of principle, a strike is lawful; it follows that the consequences of a strike are covered by the Staff Regulations insofar as these are not are incompatible with the work stoppage. In this case, the regulation on salary deductions due to absence is applicable, and the organisation is invited to comply with it.
Reference(s)
Organization rules reference: ARTICLE 65 OF THE EPO SERVICE REGULATIONS
Keywords:
analogy; deduction; enforcement; provision; right to strike; salary; staff regulations and rules; strike;
Judgment 608
52nd Session, 1984
European Southern Observatory
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 7
Extract:
There is a regulation which provides for the Director-General to determine the frequency of salary adjustments on the basis of variation in the rate of inflation. The Director-General chose not to exercise his discretion. "He must have proceeded upon the erroneous assumption that he was under no obligation to make any adjustment at all and so could do what he liked about the frequency." The Tribunal quashes the decision, which rests on an error of law and remits the case to the Director-General for a "new decision based on the correct interpretation" of the regulation.
Keywords:
adjustment; cost-of-living increase; discretion; enforcement; interpretation; organisation's duties; provision; salary; staff regulations and rules;
Consideration 2
Extract:
"It is the duty of the Tribunal to ascertain the intent of the regulation and, while the intent is to be found in the language used, it is not invariably to be found in a strict grammatical construction of the language used. The nature and purpose of the regulation must be considered; also its history and the manner in which it has been applied."
Keywords:
criteria; interpretation; provision; staff regulations and rules;
Judgment 596
52nd Session, 1984
European Patent Organisation
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 3
Extract:
"The rules on reckoning seniority are not among those intended to be inviolate. They do not have any far-reaching effect on the complainant's advancement. [...] Provisions on the conditions of promotion do not create acquired rights for an official, they are subject to amendment, and the staff member may expect them to be amended."
Keywords:
acquired right; amendment to the rules; promotion; provision; seniority; staff regulations and rules;
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