Supreme Court dismissed miner's pension claim due to lack of official supervision approval for underground work period.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the petitioner's cassation appeal regarding his eligibility for a mining pension. The petitioner argued that his long-term role as a supervisor in a sulfur mine constituted mining work under the relevant statute, despite lacking the required official approval from the district mining office until 1982. The court ruled that because the law mandates such approval for work to be classified as mining, the period prior to this approval cannot be counted toward the pension requirements.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 5 ust. 1 pkt 5 ustawy o zaopatrzeniu emerytalnym górników i ich rodzin; art. 87 Prawa górniczego: Work performed underground as a traffic supervisor is classified as mining work only upon obtaining approval from the district mining office; periods prior to such approval are not considered mining work for pension purposes.