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III ZP 31/01 AI generated

Supreme Court dismisses claim that collective agreement bonus discrimination violates constitutional equality and labor code.

Case Number III ZP 31/01
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed

Legislator summary

AI generated

The Supreme Court dismissed the plaintiffs' claim that a collective agreement bonus violated constitutional and labor code equality principles. The plaintiffs argued that employees fired for organizational reasons received an extra bonus while those fired for other employer reasons did not. The court ruled that this distinction is rationally justified by the differing circumstances of termination and aligns with the principle of favoring employees. Consequently, the court found no violation of the principle of equality before the law or equal rights in labor relations.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 32 ust. 1 Konstytucji RP; art. 112 Kodeksu pracy: A distinction in financial compensation based on the specific cause of termination is not a violation of equality before the law or equal labor rights if it is rationally justified by differing factual circumstances and serves the principle of favoring employees.

Keywords

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collective agreement bonus organizational termination equality before law labor code equality rational justification principle of favoring employees discrimination claim

Cited Legislation

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Art. 32 ust. 1 Konstytucji Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Art. 112 Kodeksu pracy
Art. 1 ustawy z dnia 28 grudnia 1989 r. o szczególnych zasadach rozwiązywania z pracownikami stosunków pracy z przyczyn dotyczących zakładu pracy oraz o zmianie niektórych ustaw
§ 52 zakładowego układu zbiorowego pracy
art. 32 Konstytucji
art. 32 Konstytucji RP
art. 59 Konstytucji RP
art. 32 ust. 2 Konstytucji RP
art. 32 ust. 1 Konstytucji RP

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