Supreme Court dismissed pension appeal, ruling underground mining work requirement excludes surface work from higher rate multipliers.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal against a lower court's decision denying increased pension multipliers for the applicant's mining work. The applicant argued for higher rates based on periods of surface mining, but the court found he never worked underground as required by the specific statute. Consequently, the court upheld the lower court's finding that the disputed multipliers did not apply to his surface work.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 2 ust. 2 ustawy z dnia 30 czerwca 1994 r. o zmianie ustawy o zaopatrzeniu emerytalnym górników i ich rodzin; Art. 5 ust. 2 pkt 2 lit. a i b ustawy z dnia 1 lutego 1983 r. o zaopatrzeniu emerytalnym górników i ich rodzin: The statutory multipliers for equivalent mining work apply exclusively to underground mining, thereby excluding surface mining periods from the increased pension calculation.