Outline of Polish Labour Law System

Krzysztof Walczak, Zbigniew Góral, Marcin Wujczyk, Krzysztof Wojciech Baran, Dominika Dörre-Kolasa, Mariusz Lekston, Mirosław Włodarczyk, Dominika Kolasa, M.Bolesław Ćwiertniak

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Walczak, Krzysztof; Góral, Zbigniew; Wujczyk, Marcin; Baran, Krzysztof Wojciech; Dörre-Kolasa, Dominika; Lekston, Mariusz; Włodarczyk, Mirosław; Kolasa, Dominika; Ćwiertniak, M.Bolesław. Outline of Polish Labour Law System. Red. . : Wolters Kluwer Polska SA, 2016, 501 s. ISBN 978-83-8092-554-0

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3.6. Social agreements (porozumienia społeczne) 1 | p5
TITLE ONGENERAL LABOUR LAW | p19
1. Definitions of labour law | p21
The concept and subject-matter of labour law | p21
2. Classification of labour law | p24
3. Characteristics of labour law | p25
3.1. General notes | p25
3.2. Uniformity and differentiation of labour law | p26
3.3. Europeanisation of labour law | p26
1. General notes | p28
2. Labour law and civil law | p28
Labour law in the Polish legal system | p28
3. Labour law and social insurance law | p29
4. Labour law and copyright law | p30
5. Labour law and constitutional law | p30
6. Labour law and administrative law | p31
7. Labour law and criminal law | p31
8. Labour law and international law | p32
1. Overview of functions of labour law | p33
Functions of labour law | p33
2. Protective function of labour law | p34
3. Organisational function of labour law | p35
4. Irenic function of labour law | p36
5. Redistributive function of labour law | p38
1. The concept and subject-matter of interpretation of labour laws | p40
Interpretation of provisions of labour law | p40
2. Types of interpretation of labour law provisions | p41
3. Process of interpretation of labour laws | p42
4. Loopholes in labour law | p43
1. The concept and meaning of labour law principles in the Polish labour law doctrine | p45
Principles of labour law | p45
2. Systematisation of the principles of labour law | p47
3. Functions of labour law principles | p49
4. Characteristics of fundamental principles of labour law set out in the Labour Code | p51
4.1. Principle of the right to work and the freedom of labour | p51
4.2. Principle of freedom to enter employment relationship and to determine the terms of employment | p54
4.3. Principle of respect by an employer of employee's dignity and of other employee's personal rights | p56
4.4. Principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination in employment | p59
4.5. Principle of the right to fair remuneration for work | p60
4.6. Principle of the right to rest | p63
4.7. Principle of provision by an employer of safe and healthy working conditions | p65
4.8. Principle of meeting the vital, social and cultural needs of employees | p67
4.9. Principle of facilitation of skills upgrading | p68
4.10. Favourability principle (zasada uprzywilejowania pracownika) | p69
4.11. Fundamental principles of collective labour law | p72
Overview of the history of the Polish labour law | p74
1. The concept of equal treatment | p78
Equal treatment in employment | p78
2. Principle of equal treatment in employment | p79
3. Forms of discrimination | p79
4. Harassment and sexual harassment | p80
5. Justified differentiation | p81
6. Consequences of breach of the principle of equal treatment in employment | p81
1. The concept and hierarchy of sources of labour law | p83
Sources of labour law | p83
2. General sources of labour law | p85
2.1. Constitution of the Republic of Poland | p85
2.2. Acts/laws (ustawy) | p86
2.3. Regulations (rozporządzenia) | p88
3. Specific sources of labour law | p89
3.1. Collective agreements | p89
3.1.1. Legal nature of collective agreements | p89
3.1.2. Personal scope of collective agreements | p90
3.1.3. Material scope of collective agreements | p91
3.1.4. Procedures for the conclusion of collective agreements | p93
3.1.5. Registration of collective agreements | p94
3.1.6. Entry into force of collective agreements | p96
3.1.7. Transformations of collective agreements | p96
3.1.8. Termination of collective agreements | p97
4. Working time systems 2 | p98
3.1.9. Sectoral collective agreements (ponadzakładowe układy zbiorowe pracy) | p99
3.1.10. Company-level collective agreements (zakładowe układy zbiorowe pracy) | p100
3.2. Agreements in connection with transfer of business to a new employer | p102
3.3. Agreement on suspension of provisions of labour law | p103
3.4. Agreements on application of less favourable terms and conditions of employment | p104
3.5. Teleworking agreements | p105
4. Internal regulations | p106
4.1. Internal rules (regulaminy) | p106
4.1.1. Wage rules (regulamin wynagradzania) | p107
4.1.2. Work rules (regulamin pracy) | p109
4.2. Statutes (statuty) | p110
5. International labour law | p111
5.1. International labour regulations | p112
5.2. Labour law of the Council of Europe | p113
5.3. Legal acts adopted in the European Union and their effect | p114
5.4. Areas covered by European labour law | p116
TITLE TWINDIVIDUAL LABOUR LAW | p119
1. Concept and nature of employment relationship | p121
1.1. Concepts of employment relationship | p121
Employment relationship | p121
1.2. Characteristics of employment relationship | p122
2. Labour law employment relationship (stosunek pracy) and other employment relationships (stosunki zatrudnienia) | p125
2.1. The concepts of "self-employment" and "employment" | p125
2.2. Types of non-employee employment (employment not between an employee and an employer) | p126
2.3. Elements of the labour law employment relationship | p129
3. Parties to the labour law employment relationship | p130
3.1. General notes | p130
3.2. Employee | p132
3.3. The concept of an employer | p133
3.4. Employer - a natural person | p134
3.5. Employer - an organisational unit | p135
3.6. Representation of an employer being an organisational unit | p138
1. Internal and external recruitment | p140
2. Protection of personal data of job candidates and employees | p140
Contract of employment | p140
3. Types of contracts of employment | p142
3.1. Contract for a probationary period (umowa na okres próbny) | p142
3.2. Contract for a fixed term (umowa na czas określony) | p143
3.3. Contract of employment for an indefinite term (umowa o pracę na czas nieokreślony) | p144
4. Telework | p144
5. Contents of a contract of employment | p145
1. Change of an employment relationship | p147
Transformations of an employment relationship | p147
2. Agreement to amend the terms and conditions of employment (porozumienie zmieniające) | p150
3. Notice of amendment of the terms and conditions of a contract of employment (wypowiedzenie zmieniające warunki umowy o pracę) | p152
4. Assignment of an employee to other work | p162
5. Temporary change of terms and conditions of a contract of employment resulting from specific regulations | p166
1. Introduction | p168
Termination of an employment relationship | p168
2. Agreement between the parties | p169
3. Restrictions on termination of a contract of employment | p169
3.1. General protection of sustainability of an employment relationship | p169
3.2. Consultation (with a company trade union organisation) of the intention to terminate a contract for an indefinite term | p170
3.3. Consultation (with a company trade union organisation) of the intention to terminate a contract of employment without notice | p172
3.4. Special protection of sustainability of an employment relationship | p173
3.5. Restrictions on termination of a contract of employment by reason of personal or family situation of an employee | p173
3.5.1. Protection of the employment relationship during a pre-retirement period | p173
3.5.2. Protection of the employment relationship during a period of excusable absence | p174
3.5.3. Protection of the employment relationship of pregnant women or women during maternity leave | p175
3.6. Restrictions on termination of a contract of employment based on the employee's function | p176
3.6.1. Special protection of sustainability of the employment relationship of employees performing trade union functions | p176
3.6.2. Special protection of sustainability of the employment relationship of members of workers' council | p184
3.6.3. Special protection of sustainability of the employment relationship of a social labour inspector | p185
4. Termination of a contract of employment upon notice | p185
4.1. Notice of termination of a contract of employment as a unilateral declaration of will | p185
4.2. Scope of application of a notice of termination as a method of termination of a contract of employment | p188
4.3. Formal requirements | p189
4.4. Notice periods for termination of a contract of employment | p193
4.5. Reduction of a notice period | p196
4.6. Job-search leave of absence (zwolnienie na poszukiwanie pracy) | p198
5. Termination of a contract of employment without notice | p199
5.1. Termination of a contract of employment without notice by an employer | p200
5.1.1. Termination of a contract of employment without notice by an employer for reasons attributable to an employee | p200
5.1.2. Termination of a contract of employment without notice by an employer for reasons not attributable to an employee | p203
5.2. Termination of a contract of employment without notice by an employee | p205
5.2.1. Termination of a contract of employment without notice by an employee for reasons not attributable to an employer | p205
5.2.2. Termination of a contract of employment without notice by an employee for reasons attributable to an employer | p206
6. Legal consequences of defective termination of a contract of employment | p207
6.1. Legal consequences of defective termination of a contract of employment upon notice | p207
6.2. Legal consequences of defective termination of a contract of employment without notice by an employer | p210
6.3. Legal consequences of defective termination of a contract of employment without notice by an employee | p212
7. Other cases of termination of a contract of employment by an employee | p213
7.1. Termination of a contract of employment in connection with reinstatement | p213
7.2. Termination of a contract of employment in connection with acquisition of an employee by a new employer | p215
8. Expiration of a contract of employment | p215
8.1. Death of an employee | p215
8.2. Death of an employer | p215
8.3. Employee's absence from work caused by pre-trial detention | p215
8.4. Claims in connection with expiration of an employment relationship | p216
1. The concept of transfer of an establishment or a part of an establishment to another employer | p217
Transfer of an establishment to another employer | p217
2. Succession of obligations | p218
3. Negotiations with an employees' representation and information obligation in the absence of trade unions | p219
4. Rights of employees | p220
1. Introduction | p222
2. Restrictions on temporary agency work | p222
Employment of temporary agency workers | p222
2.1. Material restrictions | p223
2.2. Time restrictions of temporary agency work | p223
2.3. Personal restrictions | p224
2.3.1. User-employer | p224
2.3.2. Temporary-work agency | p225
3. Conclusion and content of a temporary work contract | p225
4. Protection of a temporary agency worker against discrimination | p228
1. The concept and classification of non-contractual employment relationships | p229
1.1. The concept and origins of non-contractual employment relationships | p229
Non-contractual employment relationships | p229
1.2. Classification of non-contractual employment relationships | p231
2. Employment relationship by election (wybór) | p231
2.1. The scope of employment relationships by election | p231
2.2. Legal nature of an employment relationship by election | p232
2.3. Establishment of an employment relationship by election | p233
2.4. Admissibility of amendment of the terms and conditions of employment by election | p234
2.5. Ending the employment relationship by election | p234
2.6. Rights and obligations of elected employees | p236
3. Employment relationship by appointment (powołanie) | p237
3.1. The scope of employment relationships by appointment | p237
3.2. Legal nature of the act of appointment | p239
3.3. Establishment of an employment relationship by appointment | p240
3.4. Admissibility of amendment of the terms and conditions of employment by appointment | p241
3.5. Ending the employment relationship by appointment | p243
3.6. Terms of employment relationship of appointed employees | p245
4. Employment relationship by nomination (mianowanie) | p246
4.1. The scope of employment relationships by nomination | p246
4.2. Legal nature of the act of nomination | p247
4.3. Establishment of an employment relationship by nomination | p248
4.4. Amendment of the terms and conditions of employment by nomination | p250
4.5. Ending the employment relationship of nominated employees | p252
4.6. Terms of employment relationship of nominated employees | p254
1. Obligations of an employer | p256
1.1. Information obligation | p256
Rights and obligations of the parties to an employment relationship | p256
1.2. Obligation to properly organise work | p259
1.3. Obligation to prevent discrimination | p260
1.4. Obligation to ensure safe and healthy working conditions | p261
1.5. Obligation to pay wages timely and properly | p261
1.6. Obligation to facilitate upgrading of professional skills | p262
1.7. Obligation to create an environment conducive to adaptation to proper performance of work | p262
1.8. Obligation to meet social needs of employees | p263
1.9. Obligation to apply objective and fair criteria of evaluating employees | p263
1.10. Obligation to keep documentation and personnel files | p264
1.11. Obligation to foster development of the rules of social coexistence in the workplace | p264
1.12. Obligation to prevent mobbing | p265
1.13. Obligation to issue an employment certificate (świadectwo pracy) | p267
1.13.1. Contents of an employment certificate | p269
1.13.2. Legal fictions in the employment certificate | p269
1.13.3. Procedure for rectification of the employment certificate | p270
2. Claim for compensation | p271
3. Obligations of an employee | p272
3.1. Obligation to perform work diligently and with due care | p272
3.2. Obligation to comply with superiors' instructions | p273
3.3. Employee's obligations relating to order at the workplace | p274
3.4. Obligation to have regard for the welfare of the establishment | p275
3.5. Obligation of secrecy | p277
3.6. Obligation to comply with the rules of social coexistence | p278
1. General principles | p280
Non-compete obligation | p280
2. Restrictions on competitive activity in the absence of non-compete agreement | p281
3. Non-compete agreement during the term of employment relationship | p282
4. Post-employment non-compete agreement | p282
1. Legal bases for wage setting | p285
Remuneration for work | p285
2. Prohibition of wage discrimination | p288
3. Protection of remuneration for work | p289
3.1. Rules of payment of remuneration | p289
3.2. Restrictions on deductions from remuneration | p290
4. Benefits in the case of non-performance of work | p291
5. Benefits payable to an employee in connection with ending an employment relationship | p293
6. Protection of employees' claims in case of the employer's insolvency | p294
1. The concept of working time | p296
Working time | p296
2. Number of working hours | p297
3. Rest period | p298
5. Overtime work | p302
6. Duty hours | p304
7. Working time of managers | p305
8. Work at night | p306
9. Work on Sundays and on public holidays | p307
1. Annual leave | p309
1.1. Essential elements of the concept of annual leave | p309
Leaves | p309
1.2. Acquisition of right to the annual leave | p310
1.3. Amount of the annual leave | p310
1.4. Rules for granting of leave | p312
1.5. Deferral of the leave in unforeseen circumstances | p313
1.6. Proportionate leave | p315
1.7. Leave on demand | p315
1.8. Termination of a contract of employment and the right to annual leave | p316
2. Unpaid leave | p316
3. Special leaves (zwolnienia okolicznościowe) | p317
1. General notes | p319
2. Liability for breach of order at the workplace (odpowiedzialność porządkowa) | p319
2.1. Legal nature and conditions of liability for breach of order at the workplace | p319
Liability for breach of order at the workplace and disciplinary liability | p319
2.2. Infringements and penalties for breach of order at the workplace | p320
2.3. Procedure for imposing penalties for breach of order at the workplace | p321
2.4. Appeals procedure | p324
2.5. Declaring the penalty null and void | p325
3. Disciplinary liability (odpowiedzialność dyscyplinarna) | p326
3.1. Personal scope and conditions of disciplinary liability | p326
3.2. Types of disciplinary penalties | p327
3.3. Disciplinary boards and disciplinary prosecutor | p328
3.4. Disciplinary procedure and judicial review of disciplinary decisions | p328
3.5. Deletion of penalty from files (zatarcie kary) | p329
3.6. Minor infringements | p330
1. Legal nature and conditions of financial liability of employees | p331
Financial liability of employees | p331
2. Financial liability for the damage caused by the employee unintentionally | p335
3. Financial liability for the damage caused by the employee intentionally | p336
4. Liability for damage caused to a third party | p337
5. Responsibility for the entrusted property | p338
5.1. Financial liability for the damage caused by the employee to the entrusted property | p338
5.2. Mitigation of liability for the entrusted property | p341
5.3. Joint liability of employees for the entrusted property | p343
6. Limitation of claims | p345
1. Introduction | p346
General protection of labour | p346
2. Basic obligations of an employer in respect of the occupational health and safety (OHS) | p347
2.1. Responsibility for health and safety at work | p347
2.2. Obligation to cooperate with other employers | p347
2.3. Training obligation | p348
2.4. Obligation to familiarise the employees with OHS rules and regulations | p348
2.5. Obligations in respect of preventive health care of employees | p348
2.5.1. Obligation to inform of occupational risk | p348
2.5.2. Obligation to prevent occupational diseases and other work-related diseases | p349
2.5.3. Obligation to perform preventive medical examinations | p350
2.6. Obligation to provide employees with supportive drinks and meals | p351
2.7. Obligation to provide employees with appropriate hygiene and sanitary facilities and necessary personal hygiene and sanitary products | p351
2.8. Other obligations of the employer | p352
3. Rights and obligations of employees in respect of occupational health and safety | p352
3.1. Right to refrain from work | p352
3.2. Obligation to comply with OHS rules and regulations | p353
4. Labour protection bodies | p355
4.1. OHS service | p355
4.2. Occupational health and safety commission | p356
4.3. Consultations on occupational health and safety | p356
5. Compensation for property lost or damaged in connection with an accident at work | p357
1. Introduction | p358
Protection of parenthood | p358
2. Prohibition on the employment of women in work which is particularly arduous or harmful to health | p359
3. Principles of employment of pregnant workers | p360
4. Leaves connected with raising children | p361
5. Rights of employees raising children | p364
6. Special protection of sustainability of employment relationship | p365
1. Employment of adolescents | p367
1.1. Introduction | p367
Employment and protection of work of young people and children | p367
1.2. Contract of employment for vocational preparation (umowa o pracę w celu przygotowania zawodowego) | p369
1.3. Protection of health of young workers | p371
1.4. Employment of adolescents under a contract of employment for performing light-duty work | p372
2. Employment of children below 16 years of age | p373
TITLE THRECOLLECTIVE LABOUR LAW | p377
1. Introduction | p379
Freedom of association | p379
2. Freedom of association in trade unions and employers' organisations | p380
2.1. Freedom of association in trade unions | p380
2.2. Freedom of association in employers' organisations | p382
2.3. Models of organisation of workers' and employers' movement | p383
3. Independence of trade unions and employers' organisations | p385
4. Self-governance of trade unions and employers' organisations | p388
1. Establishment of trade unions | p393
Legal status of trade unions | p393
2. Registration of trade unions | p394
3. Functions of trade unions | p396
4. Powers of trade unions | p398
1. Establishment of employers' organisations | p405
Employers' organisations | p405
2. Registration of employers' organisations | p406
3. Functions and powers of employers' organisations | p407
1. Introduction | p409
2. Ad hoc representatives | p409
Employee participation | p409
3. Workers' councils | p410
4. European Works Council | p413
5. Other forms of employee participation | p415
1. The concept of social dialogue | p416
Social dialogue | p416
2. Council of Social Dialogue (Rada Dialogu Społecznego) | p417
2.1. Competences of the Council of Social Dialogue | p418
3. Voivodeship (provincial) councils of social dialogue (wojewódzkie rady dialogu społecznego) | p420
4. Social dialogue in the law-making process | p421
5. Social dialogue on the labour market | p421
6. Social dialogue in matters relating to occupational health and safety | p422
7. Participation of representatives of social partners in supervision of public institutions as a form of social dialogue | p422
8. Social dialogue in the establishment | p424
1. Introduction | p425
Collective labour disputes | p425
2. The subject-matter of a collective labour dispute | p426
3. Parties to a collective labour dispute | p428
4. Initiation of a collective labour dispute | p430
5. Methods of resolving collective labour disputes | p430
6. Irenic methods of resolving collective labour disputes | p431
6.1. Conciliation | p431
6.2. Mediation | p433
6.3. Arbitration | p434
7. Non-irenic methods of resolving collective labour disputes | p436
7.1. Strike | p436
7.1.1. Right to strike | p436
7.1.2. Restrictions of the right to strike | p437
7.1.3. Principles of organisation of a strike | p439
7.2. Other industrial actions | p443
7.3. Lockout | p444
TITLE FOUPROCEDURAL LABOUR LAW | p447
1. Models of legal protection in labour relations | p449
Legal protection of labour relations | p449
2. Out-of-court legal protection bodies | p450
3. Labour courts | p452
3.1. Organisation of labour courts | p452
3.2. Powers of labour courts | p453
3.2.1. Introduction | p453
3.2.2. Matters involving claims arising from employment relationship | p453
3.2.3. Matters involving employment-related claims | p454
3.2.4. Matters involving claims arising from other legal relationships to which provisions of labour law apply under separate laws | p456
3.2.5. Actions for compensation against an employer in the event of accidents at work and occupational diseases | p457
3.2.6. Actions to establish existence or non-existence of a legal relationship or rights under an employment relationship | p457
1. Introduction | p459
Labour inspection | p459
2. National Labour Inspectorate (Państwowa Inspekcja Pracy, PIP) | p460
3. Social labour inspection | p463
4. Other supervisory and control bodies | p464
1. Introduction | p466
Limitation of claims and final deadlines | p466
2. Limitation of claims (przedawnienie roszczeń) | p467
3. Final deadlines (terminy zawite) | p474
1. Introduction | p476
Accidents at work and occupational diseases - an overview | p476
2. Accidents at work | p477
3. An accident equivalent to an accident at work | p480
4. Procedure for determining circumstances and causes of accidents at work | p481
5. Occupational diseases | p481
6. Benefits in respect of accidents at work and occupational diseases | p483
Index | p485

2.Typesofinterpretationoflabourlawprovisions

toArticle9oftheLabourCode,thesystemoflegalactsincludingprovisionsoflabour

lawcoversalsocollectiveagreements,othercollectivearrangements,statutesandin-

ternalrules(autonomoussources).Aspecificcharacteristicthatallowsdistinguishing

interpretationofthosesourcesoflawfromtheirdirectinterpretationisthefactthat

themeaningofprovisionsincludedinthoseautonomousactsisestablishedbythepar-

tieswhoparticipateindraftingofthoseacts.

2.Typesofinterpretationoflabourlawprovisions

Inthetheoryoflaw,therearedifferentdivisionsandclassificationswithindifferent

typesoflegalinterpretation.Themostobvious,alsowhenestablishingthemeaning

oftheprovisionsoflabourlaw,istheclassificationbasedontheentitledpartycriterion.

Itallowsdistinguishinginparticular:anauthenticinterpretation,acourtinterpreta-

tionandadoctrinalinterpretation.

Theauthenticinterpretationofthelegalprovisionsistheoneconductedbythelegi-

slativeauthorityitselfaccordingtoaprinciple:cuiusestcondereeiusestinterpretari

(whoeverisauthorizedtoestablishthelawisauthorizedtointerpretit).Withintheau-

thenticinterpretation,referencecanbemadeinparticulartolegaldefinitionsincluded

inthelegalprovisions,suchastheconceptofanemployersetoutinArticle3oftheLa-

bourCode.Ashasalreadybeenindicated,alsointheprocessofdraftingofthesaid

definitions,thelegislatorusesvagueexpressionswhichrequiresecondaryinterpreta-

tion,suchastheconceptofanemployeeinArticle2oftheLabourCodewhich,infact,

referstothebasisoftheemploymentrelationship.Accordingtotheconceptofauthentic

interpretation,theprovisionsofimplementingactsmaybeinterpretedbytheCouncil

ofMinisters(RadaMinistrów)oraministercompetentatlabourlaw.

Certaindoubtsariseastotheapplicationofrulesofauthenticinterpretationtoestablish

themeaningoftheprovisionsoflabourlawincludedinautonomousacts.Intermsofcol-

lectiveagreements,firstly,areferenceshouldbemadetoArticle2411(3)oftheLabour

Code,accordingtowhichtheparties,whiledefiningmutualobligationsintheagree-

ment,maydetermineinparticulartheprocedureforclarificationoftheprovisions

oftheagreementandforsettlementofdisputesbetweentheminrespectthereof.More-

over,accordingtoArticle2416oftheLabourCode,theprovisionsoftheagreementshall

beclarifiedbythepartiesjointly,andtheclarificationsoftheprovisionsoftheagreement,

providedjointlybythepartiesthereto,shallbebindingalsouponthepartieswhohave

concludedanarrangementonapplicationofsuchagreement.Theclarificationsshouldbe

providedtothepartiestothearrangement.Giventhesaidprinciples,attentionshould

bedrawntoaresolutionofthePolishSupremeCourt(SądNajwyższy,SN),14accordingto

14ResolutionofthePolishSupremeCourt(SN)of11February2003,IIIPZP12/03,OSNP2004,no.11,

item187.

M.Lekston

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Outline of Polish Labour Law System

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