UNDT/2010/173, Parkes
It was not disputed that the Applicant borrowed money from a Sales Manager working in a company doing business with MONUC. In the light of the applicable law and in particular the financial and procurement rules, the Tribunal found that misconduct had been properly established. Nonetheless, the Tribunal found a certain number of mitigating factors such as the fact that he repaid the loan in full and that it was a “one-off decision”. Therefore, the Tribunal took the view that the sanction was not proportionate.
The Applicant contested the decision to summarily dismiss him for serious misconduct based on findings that he had solicited, received and accepted sums of money from a vendor who did business with MONUC.
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UNDT ordered recission of the decision or, as an alternative, compensation equivalent to all the benefits the Applicant would have been entitled to if he had been terminated instead of being summarily dismissed.