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Uudenmaan LO 4.3.1999 95/2 AI generated

Court allows back pay despite prior dismissal and unemployment benefits due to subsequent reinstatement.

Case Number Uudenmaan LO 4.3.1999 95/2
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted

Legislator summary

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The 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.

Legislator headnote

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Act 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.

Keywords

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dismissal annulment back pay entitlement unemployment benefits offset retroactive employment administrative court ruling

Cited Legislation

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Act on the Termination of Employment
Act on Unemployment Insurance
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Full text

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.