Supreme Court upheld teacher pension rights, ruling termination of employment is not a prerequisite for early retirement under specific age conditions.

The Supreme Court of Poland dismissed the Social Insurance Institution's cassation appeal against a lower court ruling granting early retirement to a teacher. The Social Insurance Institution argued that terminating the employment contract was a mandatory condition for pension eligibility, while the lower court found the statutory requirement for contract termination inapplicable due to a specific legislative amendment. The Supreme Court agreed, holding that the system's design for teachers born between 1948 and 1969 allows them to retire based solely on meeting service duration requirements within a ten-year window, without needing to terminate their employment contract.