Termination of an employment contract by mutual agreement – selected issues

The parties to an employment contract may terminate the contract by mutual agreement. Termination of employ­ment under Article 30 § 1(1) of the Labour Code, on the one hand, raises numerous questions and doubts in practice, and on the other hand, is not a frequent topic of discussion in the literature and case law. This dissonance means that the discussed method of terminating an employment con­tract requires attention. In particular, it is unclear wheth­er the mutual agreement on the date of termination of the employment contract is a necessary provision, or wheth­er it can be assumed that in each case its absence means consent to the termination of the obligation on the date of conclusion of the agreement. Similarly problematic is the transfer of the regulation concerning defects in declarations of intent to labour law. The question arises as to whether this construction should be applied directly or whether its modification is permissible, and if so, to what extent. The Supreme Court has spoken on the above-mentioned issues, but its statements are, on the one hand, innovative and, on the other hand, not necessarily consistent with each other. It seems that there is a need to review and organise them.

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