Abuse of process before UNDT/UNAT
TEST -Rename- Benefits and entitlements-45
Education grant
Burden of proof
Non-disciplinary
Procedure (first instance and UNAT)
Confidentiality
Oral hearings
The UNAT noted that the staff member had telecommuted from his home country for the entire academic year. The UNAT found that payment of the educational grant required the physical presence of the staff member at their official duty station, with such payment to be suspended or adjusted for the period that they were telecommuting from outside the official duty station.
The UNAT held that it was not open to the staff member to rely on a defence that the Administration be estopped from relying on the applicable provisions in its interpretation of the circumstances under which the education...