Military pensioner's right to pension after shortening service period and receiving lump sum compensation.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court resolved a legal question regarding the timing of military pension payments for a soldier whose service period was shortened. The court found that the soldier acquired the right to a pension upon the last day of the lump-sum compensation period, not after the annual allowance period ended. Consequently, the pension could only be withheld during the remaining months of the annual allowance period, as the specific statutory provision did not extend the non-payment rule to the shortened service period.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 14 ust. 6 ustawy o przebudowie i modernizacji technicznej oraz finansowaniu Sił Zbrojnych; Art. 41 ust. 2 ustawy o zaopatrzeniu emerytalnym żołnierzy zawodowych: A soldier who receives a lump-sum compensation for a shortened service period acquires the right to a pension upon the expiration of the period for which the compensation was paid, and the pension may only be withheld during the remaining months of the annual allowance period.