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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAT preliminarily denied the Appellant¡¯s request for an oral hearing, determining that there was no need for further evidence, and then considered the appeal. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAT held that the minor errors in the promotion process prejudiced no one¡¯s rights, especially in that, while it is much better practice to do so, the Appellant cited no authority requiring the listing of the exact number of positions available in the vacancy announcement. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAT also affirmed the findings of fact by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT, including that the Appellant well knew the numbers of vacancies, and there was no individual prejudice to him in the...

Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAT considered the Secretary-General¡¯s appeals against Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT decisions ordering the suspension of the contested decisions beyond the deadline for management evaluation. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAT clarified that, generally, only appeals against final judgments would be receivable, because otherwise, cases would seldom proceed if either party was dissatisfied with a procedural ruling. Article 2.2 of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT Statute authorizes Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT to order suspension of a contested decision only ¡°during the pendency of the management evaluation¡±. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAT found that Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT exceeded its jurisdiction in ordering suspension of the contested...