Calculation of the Insured Earnings in Case of Unemployment

Facts

S., born in 1959, received unemployment benefits in an initial reference period based on insured earnings of CHF 2,644. Upon her renewed registration with the Employment Office in September 1995, the Cantonal Unemployment Insurance Fund of St. Gallen set the insured earnings for the second reference period at CHF 2,019. S. filed a complaint and requested the insured earnings to be set at CHF 2,607.90.

The Cantonal Insurance Court partially upheld the complaint and set the insured earnings at CHF 2,336. Both S. and the Unemployment Insurance Fund filed an administrative court appeal against this decision.

Considerations

The Federal Insurance Court decided that the assessment period for the insured earnings must be the last contribution month before the start of the reference period, which is July 1994. The average wage of the last six contribution months (December 1993 to July 1994) amounts to CHF 2,519.

The additional compensation for holidays and public holidays must be taken into account, as S. had…