BAG 5 AZR 610/09•Performance bonus included in wage continuation and special payments
BAG 5 AZR 610/09Bag / Division 5Nov 10, 2010Modified
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The Federal Labour Court largely upheld the employee’s claim. It modified the decisions of the Labour Court Cologne and the Regional Labour Court Cologne and declared that the defendant must pay the claimant a monthly performance bonus for the period from 1 July 2007 to 31 August 2008 in a total amount of EUR 524.26 gross, after deduction of sums already paid. The bonus must also be included in the calculation of continued wage payments, additional vacation pay, and the 13th-month special payment. The defendant was ordered to bear the costs of the revision.
§ 16 EMTV, § 14 Nr. 1 and 2 EMTV, § 2 Nr. 2.2 ETV 13. Monatseinkommen; inclusion of a performance bonus in ancillary wage claims. Where a contractual performance bonus is owed as part of remuneration, it forms part of the relevant calculation basis for continued remuneration and agreed special payments if the governing remuneration provisions link those benefits to the employee’s regular pay. The court may partially affirm and partially modify the lower judgments so as to specify the bonus amount and its deductibility by payments already made. If the revision is unsuccessful, the revising party bears the costs (cf. consid. on costs).
Entscheidungsdatum: 2010-11-10
Aktenzeichen: 5 AZR 610/09
Dokumenttyp: Urteil
Vorinstanz: vorgehend ArbG Köln, 6. Mai 2008, Az: 16 Ca 9280/07, Urteilvorgehend Landesarbeitsgericht Köln, 22. Juni 2009, Az: 5 Sa 227/09, Urteil
Spruchkörper: 5. Senat
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 524,26 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.
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Die Parteien haben auf Tatbestand und Entscheidungsgründe verzichtet (§ 313a ZPO) .
| Müller-Glöge | Laux | Biebl | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heyn | W. Hinrichs |
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Whether the defendant must pay the claimant a monthly performance bonus for 1 July 2007 to 31 August 2008.
The defendant must pay the claimant a monthly performance bonus totalling EUR 524.26 gross, less amounts already paid.
The Federal Labour Court modified the lower judgments and confirmed the payment obligation for the period at issue.
Whether the performance bonus must be included in the calculation of continued monthly remuneration, additional vacation pay, and the special 13th-month payment.
The bonus must be taken into account when calculating continued monthly remuneration, additional vacation pay, and the 13th-month special payment.
The court expressly ordered inclusion of the performance bonus in the relevant contractual/statutory calculation bases.
Who bears the costs of the revision proceedings.
The defendant bears the costs of the revision.
As the revision was unsuccessful, the defendant was ordered to pay the revision costs.
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