Supreme Court dismissed cassation, ruling fixed flat-rate travel allowance may differ from statutory diet amounts.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the plaintiff's cassation appeal against a labor court judgment awarding a fixed travel allowance. The plaintiff argued the allowance should strictly match the statutory diet rate for trips to Germany, but the lower court awarded a lower flat rate based on the absence of food expenses. The court held that the statutory regulation permits a flat rate to be higher or lower than the standard diet amount, thereby upholding the lower court's decision.
Legislator headnote
AI generated§ 14 ust. 1 zarządzenia Ministra Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej z dnia 29 grudnia 1994 r. w sprawie diet i innych należności z tytułu podróży służbowych poza granicami kraju; A fixed flat-rate allowance for business travel may be set at a level higher or lower than the amount resulting from the application of provisions determining the diet rate.