Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the compensation office was entitled to impute a CHF 24,000 hypothetical income to the appellant’s wife in the EL calculation from 1 April 2016.
Decisione estratta
Yes. The spouse had been warned in a final prior decision, but the required proof of sufficient job-search efforts and RAV registration was not cumulatively established by the decisive date.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that a non-disabled spouse may be charged with hypothetical income if she or he waives reasonable work despite an obligation to mitigate damage. The appellant’s wife had not submitted the required copies of monthly applications to the competent office, and her later RAV deregistration meant the exemption conditions were not met on 1 April 2016. The amount imputed was also consistent with practice and wage statistics.