IV Pa 3/19
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Appeal dismissed; reinstatement ordered as job exists and no valid grounds for dismissal exist.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe appellate court dismissed the employer's appeal and ordered the reinstatement of the employee, A.G., to her former position. The employer argued that the position was eliminated due to organizational changes, but the court found the position still existed and the dismissal lacked valid grounds. Consequently, the court ruled that the employee must be returned to work and awarded her the costs of the appeal.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 45 § 2 k.p.; Art. 385 k.p.c.: Reinstatement is granted if the position exists and the employer cannot prove valid grounds for dismissal such as loss of trust or objective impossibility.
Keywords
AI generated
reinstatement to work
organizational changes
loss of trust
dismissal validity
labor dispute appeal
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 45 § 2 k.p.
Art. 385 k.p.c.
Art. 98 k.p.c.
Art. 108 k.p.c.
§ 10 ust. 1 pkt 1 rozporządzenia Ministra Sprawiedliwości z 22.10.2015r.
art. 30 § 4 k.p
art. 45 § 1 k.p
art. 233 §1 k.p.c
art. 233 k.p.c
art. 45 § 2 k.p
Cited Case Law
AI generatedII PK 101/05
Supreme Court dismissed reinstatement claim as it would repeat the employer's valid grounds for dismissal.
II PK 315/05
Supreme Court dismissed cassation appeal; reinstatement deemed unwise due to poor performance and formal employer errors.
I PKN 385/97
Loss of trust in an employee is valid for dismissal if based on objective, rational grounds and not arbitrary.
I PKN 148/99
Supreme Court allows dismissal of reinstatement claim due to loss of trust from financial violations by main accountant.
III PK 5/08
Supreme Court dismissed appeal for reinstatement due to employee's breach of trust and procedural errors in grounds.
I PKN 63/97
Supreme Court dismisses reinstatement claim when workplace conflict makes return unreasonable, allowing damages instead.
I PKN 347/97
Polish Supreme Court orders reinstatement of protected employee after employer violated statutory notice procedures.
I PKN 110/99
Supreme Court dismisses appeal when employee's brief conflict with supervisor does not justify denying reinstatement.
I PRN 130/82
I PK 92/07
Supreme Court quashes dismissal for apparent job elimination when essential terms like pay differ.
I PKN 680/00
Supreme Court dismisses appeal; reorganization without job elimination does not justify termination.
I PKN 541/00
Polish Supreme Court allows dismissal due to liquidation of accounting post via civil contract.
I PK 183/14
Supreme Court voids dismissal for organizational reasons without specific selection criteria, requiring employer to justify individual termination.
Related Decisions
AI generatedX P 466/17
Labor court dismissed employee's wrongful dismissal claim due to valid organizational restructuring grounds.
IV P 74/20
Labor court dismissed employee's wrongful dismissal claim due to genuine business restructuring and lack of evidence of pretext.
VI P 573/13
Labor court awards damages for unjustified dismissal where employer's reorganization claim was proven false.
VII Pa 122/24
Appeal dismissed; court upheld dismissal of wrongful dismissal claim due to lack of union agreement breach and statute of limitations defense failure.