Phase
Act of 13.03.2003 on special principles of termination of employment contracts with employees for reasons not related to employees - 'Collective Dismissals Act'; Act of 23.04.1964 -Civil Code; Act of 26.06.1974 -Labour Code
Native name
Ustawa z dnia 13.03.2003 r. o szczególnych zasadach rozwiązywania z pracownikami stosunków pracy z przyczyn niedotyczących pracowników; Ustawa z dnia 23.04.1964 r. - Kodeks cywilny; Ustawa z dnia 26.06.1974 r. - Kodeks pracy
Type
Reemployment obligation after restructuring
Added to database
08 May 2015

Article

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


Description

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.


Commentary

There is no empirical research about the functioning of article 9 of the Collective Dismissals Act. 


Additional metadata

Cost covered by
None
Involved actors other than national government
Other
Involvement (others)
Employer
Thresholds
Affected employees: 10
Company size: 20
Additional information: No, applicable in all circumstances

Sources

Citation

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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