Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the insured remained entitled to unemployment benefits from 1 January 2001 despite his spouse’s employer-like position in the company.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. Because the spouse held an employer-like position, the risk of abuse could not be excluded and the insured, as the spouse’s working husband, was excluded from entitlement by analogy to Art. 31(3)(c) AVIG.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court held that the jurisprudence already prevents the risk of abuse inherent in paying unemployment benefits to employer-like persons. The insured’s continued 50% work for the spouse-controlled company created a non-negligible abuse potential, and the spouse could not herself have received unemployment benefits.