2017-��AT-758

��AT Held or ��DT Pronouncements

��AT held that ��DT was correct to reject the Applicant��s claim that she had been downgraded on the basis that: the reclassification/renumbering exercise had a legitimate organizational objective; it was not a classification within the meaning of ST/AI/1998/9; and when the Appellant had submitted her post to proper classification, she was graded at the G-6 level, which was equivalent to her previous grade. ��AT found no error in ��DT��s decision that the Appellant failed to show that the alignment of her post to conform with the GCS had any detrimental impact on her salary or pensionable benefits. ��AT held that there was no merit in the claim that she had been de facto demoted. ��AT held that the Appellant failed to point to any error, in law or in fact, which would entitle it to reverse the ��DT judgment. ��AT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the ��DT judgment.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

The Applicant challenged a reclassification/renumbering of posts under the new Global Classification Standard (GCS) for General Services (GS) posts, which she considered resulted in a de facto demotion. Following a previous appeal to ��AT in which the case was remanded back to ��DT, ��DT dismissed the application, concluding that the realignment exercise had a legitimate organizational objective and was not a classification exercise; and the Applicant failed to demonstrate that the alignment of her post to conform with the GCS had a detrimental impact on her salary or pension benefits.

Legal Principle(s)

The Secretary-General is duty-bound to implement decisions of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) and such decisions are of a general application and are therefore not, in general, reviewable.

Outcome

Appeal dismissed on merits

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