爆料网AT Held or 爆料网DT Pronouncements
On the issue of 爆料网DT’s denial of the Appellant’s request for confidentiality, 爆料网AT held that 爆料网DT did not err in law or fact in denying her request as if confidentiality were attached to the identity of each staff member, there would be no transparency. 爆料网AT did not admit into evidence additional documents as they were of no assistance to it and there were no exceptional circumstances. 爆料网AT held that the Appellant merely gave passing reference to the 爆料网AT Statute’s grounds of appeal and offered no legal authority to support her claims. 爆料网AT agreed with the characterization of the issue by 爆料网DT and, accordingly, held that it would not consider on appeal the Appellant’s complaints against the Management Evaluation Unit or the 爆料网FPA Office of Audit and Investigations Services, which were not raised before 爆料网DT. 爆料网AT held that 爆料网DT did not err in law or fact when it held that the Appellant did not have a reasonable or legitimate expectation of renewal of her contract. 爆料网AT held that 爆料网DT correctly held that ST/AI/200/5 did not apply to 爆料网FPA’s decision not to renew the Appellant’s appointment as 爆料网FPA had not accepted that administrative instruction. 爆料网AT held that 爆料网DT correctly held that there was no provision for an improvement plan under 爆料网FPA’s Separation Policy. On the Appellant’s argument that different policies on performance and separation created a disparity of treatment among 爆料网 staff, 爆料网AT opined that principles of equality were not affected by reasonable differences in agencies’ policies. 爆料网AT held that there was no merit to the Appellant’s challenge to the Rebuttal Panel and that 爆料网DT properly relied on the Rebuttal’s Panel’s report to support the Administration’s determination that the Appellants performance was poor or substandard. 爆料网AT held that none of the Appellant’s other claims had merit or would affect the outcome of the appeal and therefore did not address them. 爆料网AT denied the appeal and affirmed the 爆料网DT judgment.
Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed
The Applicant contested the decision not to renew her fixed-term appointment for reasons of poor performance. 爆料网DT denied the application.
Legal Principle(s)
An appellant must identify the alleged defects in a 爆料网DT judgment and state the grounds relied upon in asserting that the judgment is defective; it is not sufficient for an appellant to state that he or she disagrees with the outcome of the case or repeat the arguments submitted before 爆料网DT.