Employee loses bonus fund award due to employer property damage, though court orders compensation.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court partially dismissed the plaintiff's appeal regarding a bonus from the workplace reward fund while allowing the claim for a severance payment. The plaintiff, a public employee, had caused damage to the employer's property by falsely claiming a jubilee bonus based on incorrect work history data. Although the lower courts ordered the plaintiff to compensate for the damage, the Supreme Court ruled that this obligation did not negate the fact that damage occurred, thereby triggering the loss of the bonus right under the internal regulations. Consequently, the bonus claim was rejected, but the severance payment was upheld based on established judicial precedent linking the termination to the disability pension.
Legislator headnote
AI generated§ 7 ust. 1 lit. a) regulaminu wypłat nagród z Zakładowego Funduszu Nagród; The loss of a bonus right due to employee-caused damage to employer property occurs ipso jure, regardless of whether a separate court order mandates compensation for that damage.