Supreme Court dismissed appeal; economic liquidation of legal counsel post justified denying reinstatement and awarding damages instead.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by a lawyer against a labor court's decision to award damages rather than reinstatement. The lower courts found that the employer's board liquidated the specific legal counsel position due to economic reasons and organizational changes, rendering reinstatement impossible. Consequently, the court ruled that while the dismissal violated procedural rules, the substantive outcome of awarding compensation was legally correct given the factual impossibility of restoring the employee to the eliminated role.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 45 § 1, 2 KP; Art. 30 § 4 KP: Where an employee's position is liquidated for economic reasons, making reinstatement impossible or unwise, the labor court must award damages instead of ordering reinstatement, even if the dismissal was procedurally flawed.