Supreme Court allows pension for partial disability when health limits work conditions normally required for the new qualification.

The Supreme Court of Poland dismissed the cassation appeal against a social insurance office decision granting a pension for partial inability to work. The applicant, a former miner retrained as a forklift operator, was medically unable to work with standard equipment due to hearing loss and noise sensitivity. The court ruled that limiting work to specific, safer conditions constitutes a significant loss of ability to work under the relevant disability statute.