Supreme Court dismissed cassation, ruling hourly rates in service contracts can exceed collective agreements if interpreted as employment terms.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by bus drivers against a municipal transport company. The lower courts found that the drivers were employed under civil service contracts which, upon interpretation, offered hourly rates superior to the collective agreement. The court ruled that the service contract's terms were validly interpreted to provide benefits better than the collective agreement, rejecting the claim that such an arrangement constituted an abuse of rights.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 398 § 1 k.p.c.; Art. 65 k.c. in conjunction with Art. 300 k.p.: The Supreme Court is bound by the grounds of the cassation appeal and cannot independently specify new complaints; it may only review the lower court's interpretation of the parties' intent within the scope of the appealed decision.