Employer Reimbursement Denial for Lost Earnings Due to COVID-19 Measures Causation Dispute

An employer sought reimbursement for lost earnings under the COVID-19 compensation scheme, but the relevant compensation fund rejected the application because the employer had not credibly demonstrated that its inability to provide work was directly caused by the official measures taken to combat the pandemic, such as closure orders or restrictions on operations. The court upheld the rejection, reasoning that the necessary causal link between the official measures and the resulting loss of earnings must be established, and self-imposed operational changes or general economic difficulties, without a direct link to governmental mandates, do not qualify for this specific compensation.