Employer's dismissal of a good employee one month after hiring for financial savings is an abuse of law under Art. 8 KP.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court of Poland reinstated the employee's contract after finding the employer's dismissal an abuse of law. The employer terminated the agreement one month after converting a fixed-term contract to indefinite, citing financial savings and the availability of trainees. The court ruled that since the financial difficulties and the need for trainees were known at the time of hiring, the dismissal violated the principle of good faith and constituted an abuse of the statutory right to terminate.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 30 § 4 KP; Art. 8 KP: An employer's termination of an indefinite-term contract one month after its conclusion, based on financial savings or the temporary hiring of trainees when the employee performed duties diligently, constitutes an abuse of law and a violation of the principle of good faith.