Supreme Court dismissed cassation; statutory severance applies to managers, collective agreement bonus calculated on manager's salary.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the defendant's cassation appeal regarding a severance payment and anniversary bonus awarded to a former board member. The court held that the statutory severance provision applies to managers and that the collective agreement bonus must be calculated based on the manager's salary at the time the right was acquired. Consequently, the defendant's argument that this constituted unequal treatment under the Labor Code was rejected as the collective agreement right superseded the general labor code provisions at that time.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 12 ust. 1 ustawy z dnia 3 marca 2000 r. o wynagradzaniu osób kierujących niektórymi podmiotami prawnymi; Art. 18 § 3 k.p.: The statutory severance payment applies to persons managing legal entities, and a collective agreement anniversary bonus calculated on the manager's salary does not violate the principle of equal treatment in employment.