Supreme Court allows individual lawyers to pay 50% reduced social insurance contributions as disabled persons.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court resolved a legal question regarding whether individual lawyers are entitled to a 50% discount on social insurance contributions. The Social Insurance Institution argued that lawyers are not employees and thus ineligible for the discount, while the lawyer contended that the disability statute applies broadly. The court ruled in favor of the lawyer, establishing that the statutory discount applies to individual practitioners as well as those in teams.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 18 ust. 2 ustawy o zatrudnieniu i rehabilitacji zawodowej osób niepełnosprawnych; Art. 24 ust. 1 ustawy Prawo o adwokaturze; Art. 37 ustawy Prawo o adwokaturze; Art. 2 i 60 ustawy o z.e.p.: The right to pay social insurance contributions at a 50% reduced rate for disabled persons extends to individual lawyers and those in teams, not limited to traditional employees.