Dismissal of public employee after prolonged unsatisfactory performance

ATA/714/1998Corte di giustizia / Camera amministrativa10 nov 1998Dismissed

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A confirmed public employee challenged his dismissal, arguing that after 3.5 years in office the employer was in fact carrying out a hidden restructuring. The court held that the dismissal was justified under LPAC Art. 20 para. 3 because he still had not mastered the tasks assigned to him and the supervisory difficulties showed that he lacked the abilities required for the post. The restructuring argument was rejected.

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LPAC art. 20 al. 3; dismissal of a confirmed public employee for inadequate performance and inability to perform the post; a dismissal is justified where, after a prolonged period of service, the employee still does not master the assigned tasks and supervision remains problematic. Such a dismissal is not rendered unlawful merely because it may incidentally coincide with organizational changes, so long as the decisive reason is the employee’s manifest lack of aptitude for the position and not a concealed restructuring.

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Descripteurs

FONCTIONNAIRE ET EMPLOYE; EMPLOYE PUBLIC; EXECUTION(SENS GENERAL); TRAVAIL; PERIODE D'ESSAI; PROLONGATION; FIN

Normes

LPAC.20 al. 3

Résumé

Licenciement d'un employé confirmé aux motifs que la maîtrise des tâches qui lui avaient été confiées n'était pas acquise après 3 ans et demi d'occupation du poste et vu les difficultés d'encadrement rencontrées. Il ne peut être soutenu que ce licenciement cachait en réalité une restructuration, l'employé ne disposant manifestement pas des capacités à l'exercice du poste pour lequel il avait été engagé.

Parole chiave

public employmentdismissalperformanceaptituderestructuringtrial periodsupervision

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Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the dismissal of the confirmed public employee was justified under LPAC Art. 20 para. 3

Decisione estratta

The dismissal was upheld because the employee still had not acquired the abilities needed for the position after 3.5 years and supervision difficulties showed the job requirements were not met.

Motivazione estratta

The court accepted that the decisive ground was inadequate performance and capacity for the post, not a concealed reorganization. The record showed that the employee manifestly lacked the abilities required for the job for which he had been hired.

Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the dismissal was in reality a disguised restructuring

Decisione estratta

No disguised restructuring was established.

Motivazione estratta

The employee's lack of aptitude for the position provided a genuine and sufficient basis for dismissal; the circumstances did not support a hidden organizational restructuring.

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