Entitlement to back wages and interest following labor court litigation
Legislator-Zusammenfassung
KI-generiertThe Federal Labour Court (BAG) overturned the prior instance decisions, ruling in favor of the plaintiff and ordering the defendant to pay €604.36 in gross wages plus interest at a rate of five percentage points above the base rate from August 5, 2012. The dispute concerned the plaintiff's claim for specific wage compensation, which had been contested in the lower labor courts. In its final decision, the BAG applied the principles of labor law governing entitlement to remuneration, determining that the plaintiff was legally entitled to the claimed sum, thereby reversing the lower court's denial of the claim and imposing the costs of the litigation on the defendant.
Legislator-Regeste
KI-generiertEntitlement to back wages and interest following labor court litigation: The dispute concerned the plaintiff's claim for specific wage compensation, which had been contested in the lower labor courts. In its final decision, the BAG applied the principles of labor law governing entitlement to remuneration, determining that the plaintiff was legally entitled to the claimed sum, thereby reversing the lower court's denial of the claim and imposing the costs of the litigation on the defendant.
Schlagwörter
KI-generiertVerwandte Entscheide
KI-generiertZentrale Rechtsfragen, extrahiert von Legislator
KI-generiertImplied procedural basis for costs imposed on the defendant, although no specific article number is explicitly cited in the dispositive text.
Volltext
Auf die Revision des Klägers wird das Urteil des Landesarbeitsgerichts Niedersachsen vom 5. August 2013 - 10 Sa 40/13 - aufgehoben.
Auf die Berufung des Klägers wird das Urteil des Arbeitsgerichts Nienburg vom 22. November 2012 - 2 Ca 304/12 - abgeändert.
Die Beklagte wird verurteilt, an den Kläger 604,36 Euro brutto nebst Zinsen in Höhe von fünf Prozentpunkten über dem Basiszinssatz seit dem 5. August 2012 zu zahlen.
Die Beklagte hat die Kosten des Rechtsstreits zu tragen.