Sporting de Braga ordered to pay compensation to former Bingo director 16 years later

Sporting de Brahe is ordered to compensate the former director of Bingo 431 thousand euros plus an amount corresponding to 16 years of late payment penalties, the Migno club announced this Monday.

In a note published on the official website, Sporting Braga announces a final decision, taken after 16 years of legal proceedings, which obliges it to pay Sebastian Campos compensation in the amount of 431 thousand euros net, to which must be added the amount corresponding to 16 years of stay in Braga . default and mandatory interest.

The case dates back to 2008, when the former Arsenalist director of a Bingo hall, closed at the time due to financial losses, filed a special lawsuit against Sporting de Braga to challenge a collective dismissal that was being considered in court. Braga’s creativity.

In this employment action, Sebastian Campos, who had managed the bingo hall at Sporting Braga since 1983, invoked the illegality of his dismissal, claiming an amount of approximately two million euros at the time of the first instance verdict.

The abovementioned action covered all Bingo employees who were subject to collective redundancy and had not reached an agreement, in total more than 10 employees, with some reaching an agreement with the club at the initial stage, and others (six) at a more advanced stage. Process in 2015.

“Even though the final decision resulted in a much lower price than Sebastian Campos’s original intentions, the club remains firm in the belief that this is an unfair decision and that it does not reflect the facts and vicissitudes that have occurred during the employment relationship between Sporting.” and Sporting. Braga and his former employee,” concludes the club led by António Salvador.