NJORD Case Law News: The Senate Adopts A Judgment In A Case On The Characteristics Of Bossing In Employment Relationships

• Published date: 30 August 2023
• Law Firm: NJORD Law Firm
• Author: NJORD Law Firm

In the judgment of 29 June, 2023 in case No. SKC-261/2023, the Civil Cases Department of the Senate of the Republic of Latvia assessed the issue of the features of bossing in employment relations. In the main case, the employee, a company manager, brought an action against her employer for a declaration that the employer's actions and orders were unlawful, for a finding of a breach of the principle of equal rights (bossing) and a breach of the prohibition on creating adverse consequences, for the compensation for moral damages and for the unpaid wages. In parallel with the main proceedings, both parties had been a subject of a number of other proceedings, including the dismissal of the employer's action for termination of the employment agreement and the granting of the employee's counterclaim for annulment of the suspension order, reinstatement of the employee and the obligation on the employer to provide the employee with fair and equitable remuneration, the invalidity of the employer's order for the imposition of a standstill period, the declaration of a breach of the prohibition on the infliction of adverse effects and compensation for the non-pecuniary damages.

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