Glosa do wyroku Sądu Najwyższego z dnia 25 sierpnia 2015 r., II PK 214/14

The judgment of the Supreme Court of 25 August 2015, II PK 214/14, confirmed the notion – previously expressed by judges – that decisions made by an employer without consultation with a relevant trade union are not voidable where such a union failed to submit a trimonthly report on the number of its members. The Court also held that if an employer seeks to rely on such a failure (pursuant to the Act on trade unions) to dispute the union’s authority despite earlier acknowledgment thereof, such an action shall be examined through the prism of socio-economic purpose of the right. It is the opinion of the author that whilst the first view is to be assessed positively, the other seems not to be grounded in the current state of the law.