The Petersburg woman proved through the court that she was performing official duties

She should be reinstated and paid for moral damages.

The Pushkinsky District Court of the Northern capital decided to reinstate a resident of St. Petersburg, who was fired because, according to her superiors, she did not fulfill her official duties. The company was also ordered to pay her wages for the period of forced absence and compensate for moral damages.

According to the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg, at the end of July last year the girl got a job in a call center of one of the city’s companies, but two months later, at the end of the probationary period, she was fired “due to unsatisfactory test results.” In accordance with the conclusion drawn up by the head of the company, she did not fulfill her official duties. The girl did not agree with this wording and went to court.

Having understood the essence of the case, the court sided with the dismissed woman. The fact is that when dismissing an employee as having failed the test, the employer must prove the fact of his unsatisfactory work. And he failed to do this. The court noted that references to boorish behavior and tardiness are not indicators of the quality of the work performed. In addition, management had every right to take disciplinary action against the employee, but never did so. The defendant also failed to prove that the plaintiff had clearly defined her job responsibilities.

The result is 448 thousand in compensation for forced idleness, 10 thousand in moral damages, 8 thousand in state duties and the restoration of the resourceful worker to her previous position.