Employee Vacation Pay Claim Upheld Due to Employer's Failure to Provide Leave Statement

A former employee sued for wrongful termination and demanded payment for accrued, unused vacation time, asserting the employer failed to provide the legally mandated annual leave balance statement, which, under the relevant labor code, would have preserved the right to claim payment upon termination. The court ruled in favor of the former employee, reasoning that the employer's failure to provide the legally required annual leave balance statement, even if the employee was aware of the accrued leave through other means, constituted a breach of a mandatory procedural requirement intended to protect the employee's rights, thereby allowing the claim for payment upon cessation of the employment contract to proceed.