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IsDBGAT Decision 2024-3 (Suspension of Termination of Employment)

Obtained judicial suspension of staff member’s termination through finding of mootness, as IsDBGAT found that Bank had not definitively declared termination. (Bank nonetheless treated termination as final.)

IsDBGAT Decision 2024-7 (Request for Interpretation)

Prevailed against Bank’s effort to obtain de facto rescission of IsDBGAT’s orders effectively suspending staff member’s termination. (Notably, Bank thereafter ignored IsDBGAT’s orders establishing suspension.)

IsDBGAT Decision 2024-12

Obtained dismissal of Bank’s “application” against staff member, which was functional motion to dismiss staff member’s claims. Unspecified right to compensation awarded to staff member.

IsDBGAT Decision 2024-13

Prevailed against Bank’s effort to have staff member’s claims deemed inadmissible.

IsDBGAT Decision 2024-27 (Enforcement and Interpretation)

IsDBGAT ordered Bank to pay staff member “all of the benefits set out in … the Redeployment Policy,” in addition to other benefits. Significant costs awarded.

IsDBGAT Decision 2024-29

In redundancy case, obtained award of one (1) year’s base salary, plus benefits and substantial costs award, where unmapped staff member wrongfully denied reassignment and priority consideration in hiring.

IsDBGAT Decision 2024-30

In redundancy case, obtained holding that staff member’s unmapping and resulting termination were unlawful, with Bank found to have failed in its duty to “endeavor to reassign” staff member. IsDBGAT held that Bank had “failed to comply with the [Tribunal’s] suspension orders.” Award of monetary relief based on term of service, plus substantial costs award.

IsDBGAT Decision 2024-31

In complex case concerning availability, means and computation of market-related compensation, application was denied but substantial costs awarded.

“XX”, IMFAT Judgment 2024-2 (Jurisdiction)

Defeated Fund’s jurisdictional challenge in case of regulatory interpretation, with IMFAT ruling that Fund could not resolve claims involving “fundamentally different theories on the merits of the case” through a motion for summary dismissal. First IMFAT judgment to recognize standing of Board employees to bring cases before IMFAT.

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“YY”, IMFAT Judgment 2024-3 (Jurisdiction)

Defeated Fund’s jurisdictional objection in case involving challenge to entry ban placed on Fund retiree in employ of sovereign Member State, with IMFAT finding that a Fund retiree has standing to contest flags put in his or her file after retirement.

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