Tamedia: Verdict for abusive dismissal appealed
Der Rechtsstreit um die Entlassung des Journalisten Daniel Suter im Rahmen einer Massenkündigung beim Tages-Anzeiger geht in die nächste Runde. Tamedia akzeptiert den Entscheid des Zürcher Arbeitsgerichts nicht und zieht ihn weiter ans Obergericht.
In May 2009, the media company dismissed the long-standing Tages-Anzeiger journalist and Chairman of the Peko staff committee with effect from the end of October, while Peko was negotiating a redundancy plan with Tamedia. Suter then lodged an objection to the dismissal with the labor court and was upheld. He invoked special protection against dismissal as Chairman of Peko and claimed compensation for unfair dismissal. Tamedia cited economic reasons for the dismissal and argued that the law does not provide for absolute protection against dismissal.
The labor court's decision came as a surprise, said Tamedia spokesperson Christoph Zimmer in response to a report in the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper on Friday. The ruling contradicts previous case law of both the Labor Court and the Federal Court.
The case is likely to drag on for some time. Zimmer told the SDA news agency that regardless of how the high court decides, there is a high probability that one of the two sides will appeal the decision to the Federal Supreme Court.
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The labor court's decision came as a surprise, said Tamedia spokesperson Christoph Zimmer in response to a report in the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper on Friday. The ruling contradicts previous case law of both the Labor Court and the Federal Court.
The case is likely to drag on for some time. Zimmer told the SDA news agency that regardless of how the high court decides, there is a high probability that one of the two sides will appeal the decision to the Federal Supreme Court.
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