projects

Performance allowance included in wage continuation and special payments

BAG 5 AZR 609/09Bag / Division 5Nov 10, 2010Confirmed

Open source

Extracted by Omnilex

Omnilex summary

The plaintiff sought payment of a monthly performance allowance and its inclusion in continued pay, additional vacation pay, and the annual special payment. The Federal Labour Court rejected the defendant’s revision, partially set aside the Cologne Regional Labour Court judgment and partially amended the Cologne Labour Court judgment. It held that the allowance had to be paid for the period from 1 July 2007 to 31 August 2008 in the total amount of EUR 389.25 gross, less payments already made, and had to be taken into account in the relevant remuneration calculations. The defendant was ordered to bear the costs of the revision.

Omnilex headnote

§ 16 EMTV; § 14 Nr. 1 and Nr. 2 EMTV; § 2 Nr. 2.2 ETV 13. Monatseinkommen; inclusion of a performance allowance in continued pay and special payments. Where a contractual performance allowance forms part of the remuneration agreed for regular work, it must be included in the basis for continued pay and in the calculation of vacation pay and special payments if the collective agreement refers to the monthly remuneration as the calculation base. The entitlement extends to the relevant payment period less any amounts already satisfied; a revision against such a determination is dismissed when the appellate court correctly applies the collective agreement framework.

Full text

BAG — 5 AZR 609/09, Urteil

Entscheidungsdatum: 2010-11-10

Aktenzeichen: 5 AZR 609/09

Dokumenttyp: Urteil

Vorinstanz: vorgehend ArbG Köln, 6. Mai 2008, Az: 16 Ca 9278/07, Urteilvorgehend Landesarbeitsgericht Köln, 22. Juni 2009, Az: 5 Sa 226/09, Urteil

Spruchkörper: 5. Senat

Tenor

  1. Die Revision der Beklagten wird mit der Maßgabe zurückgewiesen, dass unter teilweiser Aufhebung des Urteils des Landesarbeitsgerichts Köln vom 22. Juni 2009 - 5 Sa 226/09 - und teilweiser Abänderung des Urteils des Arbeitsgerichts Köln vom 6. Mai 2008 - 16 Ca 9278/07 - festgestellt wird:

Die Beklagte ist verpflichtet, dem Kläger für die Zeit vom 1. Juli 2007 bis zum 31. August 2008 eine monatliche Leistungszulage in einer Gesamthöhe von 389,25 Euro brutto abzüglich bereits geleisteter Zahlungen zu zahlen und diese Leistungszulage bei der Berechnung des weiterzuzahlenden Monatsentgelts (§ 16 EMTV) , des zusätzlichen Urlaubsgelds (§ 14 Nr. 1 und Nr. 2 EMTV) sowie der Sonderzahlung (§ 2 Nr. 2.2 ETV 13. Monatseinkommen) zu berücksichtigen.

  1. Die Beklagte hat die Kosten der Revision zu tragen.

Sonstige Leitsätze

1

Die Parteien haben auf Tatbestand und Entscheidungsgründe verzichtet (§ 313a ZPO).

Müller-GlögeLauxBiebl
HeynW. Hinrichs

Keywords

performance allowancewage continuationvacation payspecial paymentcollective agreementremuneration basisrevisionlabor law

Extracted by Omnilex

Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the monthly performance allowance must be paid for July 2007 to August 2008 and included in wage continuation, additional vacation pay, and special payment calculations.

Extracted holding

Yes. The defendant must pay the monthly performance allowance in total amount of EUR 389.25 gross, less amounts already paid, and must take it into account for the relevant follow-up payments.

Extracted reasoning

The Federal Labour Court upheld the claim with a partial amendment of the lower judgments and confirmed that the allowance formed part of the remuneration basis for the contractual/statutory follow-up claims under the cited collective agreement provisions.

Continue your research in ChatGPT or Claude

Connect Omnilex to search the legal corpus from your AI assistant.