Question juridique clé
Whether temporary monthly reductions in work activity in the year before the accident justified recalculating insured earnings under Art. 24(1) OLAA.
Solution extraite
No. Seasonal or ordinary fluctuations in working time are not a reduction of working hours within the meaning of Art. 24(1) OLAA.
Motifs extraits
The term 'reduction of the working hours' must be understood by reference to unemployment-insurance concepts. The claimant did not show entitlement to unemployment benefits, and the alleged decreases were ordinary seasonal fluctuations, not compensable short-time work.