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I PK 27/06 AI generated

Supreme Court rules on whether a hospital director's on-call duty qualifies for paid standby or unsupervised duty.

Case Number I PK 27/06
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
Decision Date
Outcome Partially Allowed

Legislator summary

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The Supreme Court partially revoked the lower court's dismissal of the plaintiff's claim regarding unpaid on-call duties. The plaintiff, a hospital director, argued that his 'on-call' duties constituted paid standby time under health facility law, while the lower court initially dismissed this based on labor code provisions. The court determined that the nature of the director's role involves administrative oversight rather than purely medical readiness, meaning compensation depends on whether the specific duty was strictly medical or managerial in nature.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 1515 k.p.; Art. 1515 § 3 k.p.; Art. 32k ustawy o zakładach opieki zdrowotnej: The on-call duty of a hospital director is classified as unsupervised duty without pay if it involves administrative oversight, but qualifies as paid standby time if it strictly requires readiness to provide medical services.

Keywords

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hospital director duty on-call compensation medical standby time administrative oversight labor code provisions health facility law managerial functions

Cited Legislation

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Art. 1515 k.p.
Art. 1515 § 3 k.p.
Art. 32k ustawy z dnia 30 sierpnia 1991 r. o zakładach opieki zdrowotnej
art. 1515 k.p
art. 1515 § 3 k.p
art. 81 k.p
art. 144 k.p
art. 14 k.p
art. 1514 k.p
art. 134 k.p

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