European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legal regulations provides information on regulations in the Member States of the European Union and Norway which are explicitly or implicitly linked to anticipating and managing change.
Article 9 of the Act of 13.03.2003 on special principles of termination of employment contracts with employees for reasons not related to employees - 'Collective Dismissals Act'; Article 471 of the Act of 23.04.1964 -Civil Code; Article 300 of the Act of 26.06.1974 -Labour Code
There is an obligation to reemploy a person who has been laid off as a part of a collective dismissal process (within 30 days, dismissals of at least 10 workers in companies with 20-99 employees, at least 10% of workforce in firms with 100-299 employees or at least 30 dismissals in larger companies), if the former employer wants to employ any new persons (because of need for new staff or need to replace a person who has retired) in the same employment category in a period of 15 months following the collective redundancies.
The duration of reemployment obligation is not connected with tenure of the affected employee prior to dismissal. The duration of reemployment obligation can be extended in agreement with the trade union but this is not a common solution. Recruiting does not guarantee the employee the same type of contract, position, working conditions and pay as he/she had before.
Violation of the obligation to reemployment results in the possibility of claiming compensation from the employer on the basis of article 471 of the Civil Code in connection with the article 300 of the Labour Code.
There is no empirical research about the functioning of article 9 of the Collective Dismissals Act.
Eurofound (2015), Poland: Reemployment obligation after restructuring, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/reemployment-obligation-after-restructuring/poland
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