II PK 158/05
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Supreme Court dismissed cassation appeal; reinstatement to work voids prior settlement severance payment claim.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by an employee against a lower court's rejection of her claim for unpaid severance. The employee had previously settled for severance after being dismissed due to redundancy but was later reinstated to her job. The court ruled that reinstatement retroactively invalidated the severance payment obligation because the legal basis for the severance—the termination of the employment contract—no longer existed.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 24 zakładowego układu zbiorowego pracy; art. 300 k.p.; Upon reinstatement to work, a prior settlement for severance becomes invalid as the underlying cause (termination of employment) ceases to exist, precluding double recovery.
Keywords
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reinstatement to work
severance payment
settlement agreement
termination of contract
double recovery
cassation appeal
labor law
Cited Legislation
AI generatedart. 24 zakładowego układu zbiorowego pracy
art. 300 k.p.
art. 471 k.c.
art. 338 § 1 i 415 k.p.c.
art. 8 k.p.
art. 398 § 2 k.p.c.
art. 398 § 14 k.p.c.
art. 8 k.p
art. 918 k.c
art. 213 § 2 k.p.c
Cited Case Law
AI generatedwyrok Trybunału Konstytucyjnego z 17 października 2002 r., SK 5/99, OTK 2000 nr 7, poz. 254