2023-UNAT-1323, Elena Korotaeva
The UNAT dismissed the appeal.
The UNAT first held that the UNDT erred in law in retroactively applying WMO Staff Rule 193.3(c) when it examined her right to a termination indemnity. At the time the impugned decision was taken, only the 2019 WMO Staff Regulations and Rules were in force and should have been applied. The UNDT made an error in applying the 2020 law based on the Secretary-General’s submission of the wrong version of the WMO Regulations and Rules to the UNDT.
The UNAT affirmed the UNDT's finding that the Administration’s response to a request for management evaluation is not a...