Employer may change termination start date with employee consent; pension severance requires time link to retirement.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court partially overturned the appellate judgment, quashing the dismissal of the plaintiff's claim for pension severance while allowing the rest of the appeal. The plaintiff sought unpaid wages and severance from a creative agency, arguing the employer failed to pay due to a disputed termination date. The court held that an employer can validly alter the termination start date if the employee agrees, and that the statutory severance requires only a temporal link to retirement, not a strict causal one.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 60 k.c.; Art. 921 § 1 k.p.; Rozporządzenie Ministra Kultury i Sztuki z dnia 23 kwietnia 1999 r. - An employer may validly change the commencement of the notice period with the employee's consent, and the right to severance is acquired when the employment relationship ends in connection with retirement, requiring only a temporal link rather than a strict causal connection.