Labor court has jurisdiction over appointed municipal workers' disputes regardless of prior administrative appeal exhaustion.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court ruled that the Regional Labor Court, not the Administrative Collegium, was competent to hear Andrzej G.'s dispute regarding his dismissal as an appointed municipal employee. Although the Administrative Collegium rejected the appeal and the Regional Court initially declared itself incompetent, the Court found the Labor Court's jurisdiction mandatory under specific labor law provisions. Consequently, the Regional Court was ordered to substantively adjudicate the case rather than transfer it back to the Administrative body.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 31 ust. 2 of the Act on Employees of Local Self-Government; Art. 464 § 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure: The labor court has exclusive jurisdiction over disputes involving appointed municipal employees, and this jurisdiction prevails even if the employee has simultaneously filed an administrative appeal.