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In June 2014, despite staff protests and a written position by the staff union, the Administrative Council (AC) of the European Patent Office (EPO) endorsed the extension of Mr Battistelli’s term as the EPO President from July 2015 to June 2018. The last four years of his presidency will be remembered as an era of institutionalised harassment and bullying …
*a publication by a group truly anonymous and not linked to SUEPO which reports very clearly the situation we faced at EPO currently: 20181114 – EPO – Flier 42 – Status of disciplinary cases
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In June 2014, despite staff protests and a written position by the staff union, the Administrative Council (AC) of the European Patent Office (EPO) endorsed the extension of Mr Battistelli’s term as the EPO President from July 2015 to June 2018. The last four years of his presidency will be remembered as an era of institutionalised harassment and bullying. The Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization (ILOAT) dealt with some EPO disciplinary cases from the Battistelli era in its 125th and 126th sessions, only a few cases being settled in favour of the accused. This paper revisits the most prominent ones, highlighting remaining issues. As a rule of thumb, whenever disciplinary proceedings were launched by Mr Battistelli, he found the accused guilty; whenever the Investigation Unit was involved in a case, it concluded that the suspect had committed misconduct; and whenever the Disciplinary Committee (DC) issued a recommendation for an appropriate sanction, the president imposed a harsher punishment than recommended. (In the parallel, the success rate for internal appeals dropped to 1% in 2015.)
*a CSC letter to staff which for the moment (to this date) the EPO Administration is not bringing to the attention of staff for futile motives (hindrances): 20181109 – Letter CSC to Staff on Amnesty
