II PZP 11/04
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Supreme Court rules both the State and the reformed hospital are jointly liable for pre-merger overtime claims.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court resolved a legal question regarding joint liability for overtime wages owed before a hospital merger. The lower court awarded payments to both the State and the reformed hospital, establishing that both entities are jointly liable. The court ruled that while the new hospital assumes formal responsibility, the State retains substantive liability for debts incurred by its former budgetary units.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 3 k.p.; Art. 40 § 1 k.c.; Art. 231 k.p.; Art. 390 § 1 k.p.c.: In cases of debt arising from budgetary units before their transformation, both the State and the new entity are jointly liable.
Keywords
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joint liability
budgetary units
State responsibility
labor law
organizational transformation
overtime wages
in solidum
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 3 k.p.
Art. 40 § 1 k.c.
Art. 231 k.p.
Art. 390 § 1 k.p.c.
art. 231 k.p
art. 40 k.c
art. 231 § 2 k.p
art. 300 k.p
art. 40 § 1 k.c
art. 3 k.p
Cited Case Law
AI generatedI PKN 668/01
Supreme Court dismissed cassation on overtime pay, ruling State liable for pre-1999 healthcare facility debts.
III CZP 64/03
Public health facility allowed to claim reimbursement from state treasury for pre-merger employee wages.
III CZP 75/02
Delictual debts of a budgetary hospital remain State obligations after transformation into a public healthcare facility.