Social fund statute applies social criteria only to discounted services, not all social activities.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the trade union's cassation appeal against a labor court order to transfer funds to a social fund. The union argued that all expenditures must adhere to strict social criteria, while the company maintained that regulations allow broader spending on integration events. The court ruled that the statutory social criteria apply exclusively to discounted services and not to the entirety of social activities, thereby upholding the lower court's decision.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 8 ust. 1 ustawy o zakładowym funduszu świadczeń socjalnych; The social criteria stipulated in the first paragraph of Article 8 of the Act on the Enterprise Social Fund apply solely to the granting of discounted services and do not govern the entire scope of social activities.