LIMITS OF A FREEDOM TO SHAPE A COLLECTIVE LABOUR AGREEMENT AND THE ADMISSIBILITY OF THE PARTIES’ MUTUAL CONSENT TO HAVE AND THE ADMISSIBILITY OF THE PARTIES’ MUTUAL CONSENT TO HAVE THE AGREEMENT BINDING AFTER ITS TERMINATION

Abstract

This paper examines incorporation by parties to a collective labour agreement of a provision the wording and consequences of are identical with the provisions of article 241 § 4 of the Labour Code, that has been repealed pursuant to the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal (Constitutional Court) of 18 November 2002. Despite the Tribunal’s decision stating that the article in question is incompatible with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and the subsequent derogation as of 27 November 2002, of the provision from the system of laws, in light of the most recent ruling of the Supreme Court, a doubt arises whether a mutual consent of the parties to a collective labour agreement regarding its binding after termination until a new collective agreement is signed may be considered admissible.