Question juridique clé
Whether separation from the spouse exempted the insured from the contribution-period requirement under Art. 14(2) AVIG
Solution extraite
A separation can justify exemption if it materially contributed to the decision to take up employment and the one-year period is respected; the causal link is not excluded by earlier job searches.
Motifs extraits
The court held that the relevant causation is already established if the separation was a contributing factor in the decision to resume work. The one-year time limit ran from the actual separation on 1 July 2008, and earlier job-search efforts did not negate causation, especially since they were part of loss-mitigation.