Supreme Court partially allowed appeal, limiting employee claims against the Guarantee Fund to specific timeframes and amounts.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court partially upheld the cassation appeal against a lower court judgment awarding unpaid wages to an employee from the Guarantee Fund. While the court confirmed the employee's right to claim against the Fund, it rejected the lower court's failure to apply statutory time limits on such claims. Consequently, the excessive award for the period of involuntary stoppage was reduced, and the case was remanded for recalculation within the correct legal boundaries.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 2 ust. 1 i 3 ustawy z dnia 28 czerwca 1995 r. o zmianie ustawy o ochronie roszczeń pracowniczych w razie niewypłacalności pracodawcy; The right to claim unpaid wages from the Guarantee Fund is subject to strict temporal limitations and cannot extend indefinitely to cover all periods of employer insolvency.