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Note: translated from Polish! In the judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court of 12.11.2025 (III OSK 2617/22), the court dismissed the cassation appeal of the President of m.st. Warsaw and confirmed that the dismissal of a school principal during the school year can only take place in exceptional and emergency situations that pose a real…

Note: translated from Polish! In its latest ruling, the Supreme Administrative Court confirmed the direction of interpretation of the provisions on the cash equivalent for unused annual leave and additional leave to which police officers are entitled, pointing to the need to take into account the constitutional standards resulting from the judgment of the Constitutional…

ATTENTION – THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION from Polish The amounts awarded to victims of mobbing can currently range from several to several hundred thousand zlotys, taking the form of compensation or a sum of compensation and damages. Let us look at both components in turn. The Labour Code specifies the minimum amount of compensation…

NOTE: translated from Polish! Judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court of 8 July 2025, ref. no. III OSK 2587/24, in the context of mobbing in a military unit, is an important reference point in terms of the employer’s liability, in this case a military unit, for the use of improper practices in relation to its…

Note: translated from Polish The dress code is an important element of the performance of employee duties, as it directly affects the way the employee is perceived by both potential customers and the employer. The employee’s external appearance is often the first sign of professionalism and compliance with the values represented by the employer. Although…

ATTENTION – THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has presented a draft amendment to the Labour Code, which was published on January 20, 2025, on the website of the Government Legislation Centre. The main aim of these changes is to more effectively counteract phenomena such as mobbing, discrimination,…

Attention: translated from Polish Unemployment is a social phenomenon in which some people who are able to work and want to take up work do not find employment. A more detailed discussion of the subject is regulated in the Act of 20 April 2004 on the promotion of employment and labour market institutions. According to…

ATTENTION! Automatic translation from Polish Many dishonest employers offer employees mandate contracts, even though the work performed is no different from that performed under a standard employment contract (UoP). Why do they do this? First and foremost, employers know that the vast majority of people don’t know the differences between these two solutions and are…

As in many other areas of law, in labor law there are situations in which a conflict (real or apparent) of two important norms may occur. This is also the case in the case of termination of an employment contract by mutual consent in a way that shortens the notice period – on the one…