Individual dismissal during collective layoff period remains individual, not collective, under Polish labor law.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court ruled that an individual dismissal occurring within a three-month collective layoff window retains its individual character. The employer argued that the subsequent collective dismissals should merge the termination into a group layoff, but the court rejected this. The decision clarifies that each collective layoff cycle is distinct and that dismissals outside the specific timeframe of a given cycle are treated as individual terminations.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 1 ust. 1 ustawy z dnia 28 grudnia 1989 r. o szczególnych zasadach rozwiązywania z pracownikami stosunków pracy z przyczyn dotyczących zakładu pracy; Art. 10 tej ustawy: Individual dismissals made before or after the statutory three-month period of a collective layoff retain their individual character and do not lose that status due to subsequent collective dismissals.