Supreme Court allows prison officer service to count as employment for pension under specific social insurance law provisions.

The Supreme Court of Poland overturned the appellate court's dismissal of Zofia G.'s pension claim, remanding the case for a new decision. The applicant, a former prison officer, argued that her prison service should count as employment under social insurance law to qualify for a pension, while the lower courts initially rejected this based on a strict interpretation of employment status. The Court ruled that the specific provision regarding prison officers' service must be interpreted as equivalent to employment for pension purposes, rejecting the lower court's narrow reading that excluded such service from the general employment definition.