Polish Supreme Court dismissed appeal; extending fixed-term contracts to bypass Art. 251 KP without special circumstances is void.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Polish Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal regarding the validity of extending a fixed-term employment contract. The lower court found that the employer failed to prove special circumstances justifying the extension, which would otherwise trigger the automatic conversion to an open-ended contract under Article 251 of the Labor Code. Consequently, the court ruled that the extension was an attempt to circumvent the law and declared the relevant provisions void.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 251 Kodeksu pracy; Art. 58 § 1 Kodeksu cywilnego: Extending a fixed-term contract to avoid the automatic conversion to an open-ended term under Article 251 of the Labor Code without special circumstances constitutes an attempt to circumvent the law and results in the invalidity of the extension.