Court allows back pay despite prior dismissal and unemployment benefits due to subsequent reinstatement.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Administrative Court allowed the employer to pay back wages to the employee after the dismissal was successfully overturned in court. Although the employee had received unemployment benefits following the initial termination, the court ruled that these benefits could not be used to offset the back pay. The decision rests on the principle that once a dismissal is legally annulled, the employment relationship is restored retroactively, making the prior receipt of unemployment benefits irrelevant to the calculation of owed wages.
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AI generatedAct on the Termination of Employment; Act on Unemployment Insurance: When a dismissal is annulled by a court, the employer must pay back wages, and the employee's prior receipt of unemployment benefits cannot be deducted from this amount.
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Henkilö oli irtisanottu virastaan ja irtisanominen oli pantu
täytäntöön valituksesta huolimatta. Irtisanomisajan jälkeen
henkilö sai työttömyyspäivärahaa. Irtisanominen kumottiin
lainvoimaisesti tuomioistuinmenettelyssä. Maksettaessa
henkilölle palkkaa taannehtivasti siitä ei voitu vähentää
osaakaan henkilön saamien työttömyyspäivärahojen perusteel-
la.