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Worker fired after injury: should employer repay benefits?

Court
Cour de cassation
Decided
Sep 9, 2026
Citation
25-17.492
Judges
Mme Capitaine (conseillère doyenne faisant fonction de présidente)

AI breakdown

  • A worker injured on the job was later declared unfit for work and fired for non-work-related reasons.
  • The court had initially ordered the employer to repay unemployment benefits given to the worker.
  • The Cour de cassation ruled the employer did not need to repay these benefits, as specific laws did not support the order.

Outcome

Cassation partielle sans renvoi

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