Dismissal/separation
Fraud, misrepresentation and false certification
Misuse of information and communication technology resources
Proportionality of sanction
Disciplinary sanction
Disciplinary matters / misconduct
Termination (of appointment)
Ms. Specker appealed. The UNAT held that the essential question is whether the sanction imposed was proportionate. The principle of proportionality requires that a disciplinary measure imposed on a staff member shall be proportionate to the nature and gravity of his or her misconduct. The UNAT noted that Ms. Specker’s main argument was that the sanction imposed upon her displayed an element of historical inconsistency in that lesser sanctions for similar misconduct had been imposed in other cases. The implication of her submission is that the failure to impose separation for this kind of...