2021-Ģ��ƵAT-1169

Ģ��ƵAT Held or Ģ��ƵDT Pronouncements

Ģ��ƵAT considered an appeal by Mr. Andrysek. Ģ��ƵAT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the Ģ��ƵDT Judgment.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

Before the Ģ��ƵDT, Mr. Oldrich Andrysek, a staff member in between assignments (SIBA) with Ģ��ƵHCR contested the decision to place him on Special Leave Without Pay (SLWOP) effective 11 June 2019. The Ģ��ƵDT, in Judgment No. Ģ��ƵDT/2020/190, dismissed the application, by majority decision with Judge Buffa dissenting.

Legal Principle(s)

The general principle of the right to work has to be interpreted in light of the applicable legal framework, particularly the specific shared responsibility of both the staff member and Ģ��ƵHCR to find alternative suitable and vacant posts to situations such as the present one.

Outcome

Appeal dismissed on merits

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Applicants/Appellants

Oldrich Andrysek

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