Supreme Court allows judge to receive both functional allowance and mentorship allowance simultaneously.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court resolved a legal question regarding whether a judge receiving a functional allowance is entitled to an additional mentorship allowance. The plaintiff argued that the mentorship payment was a separate non-staff allowance for extra duties, distinct from the fixed functional allowance for her role as division head. The court held that the statutory regulation permitting both payments does not exclude simultaneous receipt because the two allowances serve different legal purposes and are not mutually exclusive.
Legislator headnote
AI generated§ 5 ust. 2 rozporządzenia Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 10 marca 1994 r. w sprawie wynagrodzeń sędziów sądów powszechnych oraz asesorów i aplikantów sądowych; The receipt of a functional allowance does not preclude the entitlement to an additional allowance for mentoring applicants, as the latter constitutes a separate non-staff payment for extra duties rather than a staff allowance.