Unpaid wages and interest entitlement: calculation of contractual wage claims and statutory interest accrual.

The Federal Labour Court (BAG) reversed the lower courts' judgments and ordered the defendant to pay the plaintiff €354.55 gross plus statutory interest, with the defendant bearing the litigation costs, thereby resulting in a complete victory for the plaintiff. The case involved a dispute over unpaid wages, where the plaintiff challenged the defendant's failure to remit specific amounts due under the employment contract, a claim that had been dismissed by the initial instance and the appellate court. The BAG applied the principles of contractual wage entitlement and the calculation of statutory interest, determining that the plaintiff was owed the contested sum based on the employment agreement and relevant labor law provisions, overriding the lower courts' contrary findings.