Employment wage claim: entitlement to specific gross amount and reversal of lower court dismissal

The Bundesarbeitsgericht (10th Senate) reversed the lower appellate and first-instance judgments, ruling in favor of the employee (plaintiff) by ordering the employer (defendant) to pay €79.58 gross in back wages plus statutory interest. The dispute concerned a claim for additional compensation, likely related to unpaid leave or a specific pay component, which was dismissed in the lower courts. The court’s decisive legal basis was the interpretation of the applicable collective agreement or statutory wage regulations, determining that the employer’s refusal to pay the disputed amount was unjustified, thereby establishing the employee’s entitlement to the specific monetary award.