Key legal question
Whether the appellant retained a decisive influence over the employer and was therefore excluded from unemployment benefits.
Extracted holding
Yes. As vice-president of the association's committee and registered in the commercial register, he occupied a position comparable to an employer and could influence the employer's decisions decisively.
Extracted reasoning
The court applied by analogy the exclusion rule of Art. 31(3)(c) LACI. Under Art. 69 CC, an association's management has the right and duty to manage and represent the association and thus occupies a position comparable to a board of directors; its members may therefore be denied unemployment benefits without further inquiry into their internal tasks.