General clauses or loss of purpose cannot strip employees of valid non-compete compensation rights without legal misconduct.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court quashed the appellate court's dismissal of the employee's claim for non-compete compensation. The employee had signed a valid non-compete agreement but was later unilaterally released from it by the employer after the employment relationship ended. The court held that general legal clauses or the disappearance of the original business purpose cannot deprive an employee of rights from a valid contract unless the employee committed acts clearly contrary to law or social norms.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 8 k.p.; Art. 58 § 1 i 2 k.c.: General clauses or the loss of the purpose for which a post-employment non-compete agreement was concluded cannot lead to the deprivation of an employee's rights from a validly concluded agreement, unless the employee can be charged with acting contrary to law or social norms.