Thimphu District Court orders WWF Bhutan to compensate former employee for contract termination

2026-01-26 - 12:05

The Thimphu District Court has ruled in favour of a former communications manager of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Bhutan country office, stating that the organisation dismissed the employee without following due process. The court ordered WWF to compensate him along with legal costs. The judgment was delivered last week. So far, no appeal has been filed. The employee joined WWF as a communications manager in June 2020 on a three-year contract, which was renewed for another three years in June 2023. His annual performance reviews from 2021 to 2023 were positive. In November 2022, WWF announced a new senior communications and marketing manager position. The employee claimed that this move was intended to remove him from