To determine the lawfulness of the contested decision, the Tribunal examined the following issues:
a. Whether the Applicant’s performance was evaluated in a fair and objective manner.
The Tribunal noted that the contested decision was based on the Applicant’s records for the performance cycles of 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021. The Applicant received a rating of “partially meets performance expectations” for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 cycles and a rating of “does not meet performance expectations” for the 2020-2021 cycle.
The Tribunal reviewed the Applicant’s performance evaluations...