Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the claimant was entitled to continue receiving benefits based on the higher original insured earnings instead of the lower earnings from the new framework period.
Decisione estratta
No. Once the first benefit framework period ended and a new one was opened because sufficient contribution time had been earned, benefits had to be calculated on the basis of the insured earnings relevant to the new framework period.
Motivazione estratta
The applicable rule distinguished between insured persons who do not qualify for a new framework period and therefore keep the extended benefit entitlement, and those who do qualify for a new period, whose entitlement is recalculated. The claimant’s disadvantage from interim earnings did not make the rule unconstitutional or arbitrary.