Supreme Court allows mayor to impose disciplinary warning on school director employed by municipality.

The Supreme Court of Poland allowed the mayor to impose a disciplinary warning on the director of a municipal school, overturning the lower court's dismissal of the penalty. The plaintiff argued the mayor lacked employer status and failed to consult trade unions, while the lower court held the mayor was not the employer under labor law. The court ruled that although the mayor exercises supervisory authority, the power to hire and fire belongs to the municipal administration, yet the mayor retains the right to issue disciplinary warnings.