Supreme Court allows sick pay by counting previous farmers' insurance periods as waiting period.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court resolved a dispute where the applicant was denied sick pay due to a short waiting period after switching from farmers' insurance to voluntary sickness insurance. The court held that the previous farmers' insurance period must be included in the waiting period calculation because both systems equate insurance coverage with premium payment. Consequently, the decision to deny benefits based on the gap between insurances was overturned.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 4 ust. 1, ust. 2 ustawy z dnia 25 czerwca 1999 r. o świadczeniach pieniężnych z ubezpieczenia społecznego w razie choroby i macierzyństwa; Art. 7 ust. 1 ustawy z dnia 20 grudnia 1990 r. o ubezpieczeniu społecznym rolników: periods of social insurance under the farmers' insurance scheme are included in the waiting period for sickness benefits under the general social insurance scheme when the insured has not acquired rights to analogous benefits from that scheme.