Social security court dismisses appeal; unpaid wages exclude months from sick pay base calculation.

The Supreme Court dismissed the applicant's cassation appeal against the Social Insurance Institution's decision to exclude months from the sick pay base calculation. The applicant argued that the employer's failure to pay wages should not negatively impact the employee's benefits, while the court held that the statutory term 'paid' requires actual disbursement. Consequently, the court ruled that only months with actual wage payments count toward the average base for calculating the benefit.