Securing the claims of particularly protected employees under art. 7555 of the Code of Civil Procedure – selected practical comments

The amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure, introduced by the Act amending the Act on Bridge Pensions and certain other acts, has introduced a real revolution in the protection of certain groups of employees against termination of employment. Although the legislator's initial intention was to grant additional protection primarily to trade union activists and other members of employee representatives, ultimately, far-reaching guarantees of the durability of the employment relationship in the form of ordering the employer to continue employing the dismissed employee until the final conclusion of the proceedings were extended to all particularly protected employees. The analysis of the content of art. 755⁵ of the Code of Civil Procedure clearly shows that the court was basically given no discretion as to whether to grant this type of security. The basis for granting it is only if the entitled person (employee) substantiates the existence of the claim; security may be refused only if the claim is clearly groundless. Therefore, if it is granted, it will provide temporary satisfaction of the employee's claim seeking recognition of the notice of termination as ineffective or reinstatement to work, even at an early stage of the proceedings. The structure of the analyzed provision indicates that the legislator did not consider the practical aspects of applying the new institution of security, did not take into account the specificity of employment relations, the complexity of the facts and often assessed circumstances underlying the termination of the employment relationship by the employer and the employee, as well as the economic and organizational effects that it may cause, with a given employer.

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