Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2016-06-03: Recours exercé par la dame Ismaelie Lafrance contre la décision de révocation prise à son encontre par le directeur général du Laboratoire National du
Summary: The court's published summary of its judgment of 2016-06-03 in the following case: Recours exercé par la dame Ismaelie Lafrance contre la décision de révocation prise à son encontre par le directeur général du Laboratoire National du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics (LNBTP) et l’état haïtien.. The court sat in its administrative jurisdiction. The summary gives the facts, the texts applied and the operative ruling. The court publishes these summaries rather than the judgments themselves, and they are most of what is publicly available of Haitian financial and administrative case law.
Key Findings
- CSCCA ruled on Ismaelie Lafrance's appeal against her 1 April 2014 revocation by the LNBTP director general and the Haitian state.
- Lafrance filed a petition on 16 June 2014, received at the registry on 18 June 2014, seeking annulment, reinstatement, salary payments, monetary damages and costs.
- She had been appointed LNBTP accountant on 20 June 2007, promoted to assistant head of accounting, then transferred on 23 October 2012 to administrative assistant in the quality-control studies service.
- The summary says she had never been subject to disciplinary sanction before disputes began when she became pregnant in 2013 and had health complications documented by medical certificates.
- The dispute included refusal by LNBTP management to grant prenatal and postnatal leave under articles 121 and 122 of the 17 May 2005 civil-service decree.
- The Court found the revocation illegal and abusive because it was unmotivated, annulled it, ordered her reinstatement as administrative assistant in the quality-control studies service, and ordered LNBTP and the Haitian state to pay lawyers' fees and costs.
How to cite
Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA), Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2016-06-03: Recours exercé par la dame Ismaelie Lafrance contre la décision de révocation prise à son encontre par le directeur général du Laboratoire National du, https://cscca.gouv.ht/