Supreme Court allows unemployment benefit claimant's low-wage part-time work period to count toward qualifying duration.

The Supreme Court of Poland overturned the lower courts' refusal to grant unemployment benefits to a part-time cleaner. The applicant argued that her employment, despite earning less than half the minimum wage and working only one-third time, should count toward the required service period. The Court ruled that the 1991 Act did not impose such restrictions, which were only introduced later by a 1994 amendment, thereby validating her claim. Consequently, the disputed administrative decisions were annulled, and the applicant was granted the right to benefits.