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III RN 28/02 AI generated

Supreme Court ruled 'directly after employment' means a link to insurance, not immediate time succession. Dismissed lower court's rejection of unemployment benefit.

Case Number III RN 28/02
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
Decision Date
Outcome Partially Allowed
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The Supreme Court of Poland overturned a lower administrative court's decision denying unemployment benefits to a claimant. The lower court had rejected the claimant's sick leave period because it did not immediately follow the end of employment, interpreting 'directly' as 'the next day'. The Supreme Court clarified that 'directly after employment' refers to a direct legal link between the benefit and the terminated insurance coverage, rather than strict temporal succession. Consequently, the court remanded the case for a new decision based on this corrected legal interpretation.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 23 ust. 2 pkt 3 ustawy o zatrudnieniu i przeciwdziałaniu bezrobociu; The phrase 'directly after employment' denotes a direct legal connection between the unemployment benefit and the terminated insurance right, not a strict temporal succession of days between the end of work and the start of the benefit.

Keywords

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unemployment benefit eligibility sick leave period calculation direct legal link temporal succession requirement administrative law interpretation social insurance coverage remand for reconsideration

Cited Legislation

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Art. 23 ust. 2 pkt 3 of the Act on Employment and Combating Unemployment
Art. 2 ust. 1 pkt 2 of the Act on Employment and Combating Unemployment
Art. 6 pkt 6 lit. a and b of the Act on Employment and Combating Unemployment
Art. 23 ust. 1 of the Act on Employment and Combating Unemployment
Art. 57 ust. 2 of the Act on the President of the Supreme Administrative Court
Art. 393 § 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure
Art. 10 of the Act amending the Code of Civil Procedure
art. 87 Konstytucji RP
art. 87 Konstytucji
art. 59 ust. 2 Konstytucji

Cited Case Law

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III UZP 55/84
II UZP 23/95
Pensioners regain sick pay rights after employment ends unless retirement or benefit exhaustion occurred.
III ZP 11/01
Supreme Court ruled that owning agricultural land without social security coverage does not equal continuing employment for sickness benefits.
III UZP 4/02
Uchwała z dnia 12 czerwca 2002 r.

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