Supreme Court rules vacation pay multiplier cannot be used for severance pay calculation. The court held that the regulation lacks necessary elements for this purpose.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court resolved a legal question regarding the calculation of severance pay for a worker dismissed due to company reasons. The plaintiff argued for a specific multiplier based on vacation days, while the court found the relevant regulation insufficiently precise. The court decided that the regulation's language does not define the necessary elements to determine the number of days for the multiplier, rendering its application arbitrary and logically flawed.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 8 ust. 1 ustawy z dnia 28 grudnia 1989 r. o szczególnych zasadach rozwiązywania z pracownikami stosunków pracy z przyczyn dotyczących zakładu pracy; § 18, § 19 rozporządzenia Ministra Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej z dnia 8 stycznia 1997 r.: The regulation defining vacation pay calculation cannot be applied to determine the multiplier for severance pay because it lacks the necessary elements to define the number of days for the calculation in a sufficiently unambiguous manner.