Severance pay statute of limitations begins when pay becomes due, not when court confirms entitlement.
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AI generatedThe Supreme Administrative Court allowed the claim for severance pay, ruling that the three-month limitation period started when the pay became due one month after termination. Although the employee's right to the pay was only confirmed by a later court decision, the statutory deadline had already expired at that time. The court held that the limitation period is triggered by the accrual of the debt, not by the subsequent judicial validation of the entitlement.
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AI generatedPalkkaturvalaki 5 §; Työsopimuslaki 38 a § 1 mom.: The limitation period for claiming severance pay as salary begins when the payment becomes due upon termination of the employment relationship, regardless of when a court subsequently confirms the employee's right to that pay.
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Yhden kuukauden irtisanomisajan palkan katsottiin erääntyneen kuukauden kuluttua työsuhteen päättymisestä siten, että sen maksamista palkkaturvana oli haettava kolmen kuukauden kuluessa tuosta erääntymisestä, vaikka työntekijän oikeus irtisanomisajan palkkaan vahvistettiin vasta myöhemmin annetulla tuomioistuimen päätöksellä.
Palkkaturvalaki 5 §
Työsopimuslaki 38 a § 1 mom. (125/1984)