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Supreme Court dismissed appeal; collective agreement terms superseded individual contract for early retirement severance.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by Polish State Railways against a lower court awarding Gerhard G. a six-month salary severance. The court confirmed that the Collective Agreement on Workers' Guarantees, being more favorable than statutory law, governed the individual employment relationship regarding early retirement termination. Consequently, the employer was bound to pay the agreed compensation without further conditions.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 9 § 1 KP; Art. 18 § 2 KP; A collective labor agreement containing more favorable terms than statutory law becomes part of the individual employment contract and prevails over statutory provisions.
Keywords
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collective labor agreement
individual employment contract
more favorable terms
early retirement severance
cassation appeal dismissal
restructuring compensation
labor law supremacy
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 9 § 1 KP
Art. 18 § 2 KP
Art. 393 § 12 KPC