Supreme Court dismissed appeal regarding collective agreement registration delay exceeding three-month statutory deadline.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by employees against a glass factory regarding their seniority allowance. The employees argued that the registration of a collective agreement, which occurred after a three-month deadline, invalidated their right to the allowance established in a prior agreement. The court ruled that the registration was merely a formal act to record an agreement that had already legally transformed into a collective agreement upon the new law's entry into force, and the employees had already lost their claim in 1993. Consequently, the appeal was rejected, and the costs were awarded to the employer.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 5 ust. 4 ustawy z dnia 29 września 1994 r. o zmianie ustawy - Kodeks pracy; The registration of a collective agreement text after the statutory three-month period does not invalidate the agreement's legal effect if it transformed by operation of law, as registration serves only a regulatory function.