Supreme Court rules that employees dismissed by contract expiry are excluded from group dismissal count under the 1989 Act.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court resolved a legal question regarding whether employees dismissed due to contract expiry should be included in the total number of workers for group dismissal purposes. The Court held that the 1989 Act on Group Dismissals applies only to terminations initiated by the employer with notice, explicitly excluding expirations of fixed-term contracts. Consequently, the Court ruled that such employees must be excluded from the group count to determine if a group dismissal threshold was met.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedUstawa z dnia 28 grudnia 1989 r. o szczególnych zasadach rozwiązywania z pracownikami stosunków pracy z przyczyn dotyczących zakładu pracy; ustawa ta ma zastosowanie wyłącznie do rozwiązań umów o pracę za wypowiedzeniem, a nie do rozwiązań z upływem czasu.