Supreme Court rules termination of supervisory board member requires board consent under collective dismissal law.

The Supreme Court quashed the lower court's dismissal of the plaintiff's claim to reinstate her employment. The court found that the employer terminated the plaintiff, a supervisory board member, citing economic difficulties, but failed to obtain the mandatory consent of the supervisory board required by law. The court held that functional interpretation of the collective dismissal statute and the cooperative law mandates that the supervisory board, not the trade union, must approve such terminations to ensure adequate protection for members of supervisory organs.