Supreme Court allows unemployment benefits deduction from damages when termination is without cause under Labor Code 51.1.

The Supreme Court of Finland allowed the deduction of unemployment benefits from damages awarded for wrongful termination. The plaintiff argued that benefits received after dismissal should be offset against the employer's liability under Section 51 of the Employment Contracts Act. The court ruled that since the termination was without cause, the employee was entitled to both damages and unemployment benefits, but the latter must be deducted from the former to prevent unjust enrichment.