GLOSS TO THE RESOLUTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF 20 SEPTEMBER 2018, I KZP 5/18
Marzena Szabłowska-Juckiewicz
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1975-1309
Renata Badowiec
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu , Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7912-1363
Abstract
In the commented resolution, the Supreme Court formulated the thesis that the meaning of the term ‘employee’, used in Article 218 § 1a of the Penal Code, should be determined by means of norms and definitions derived from the labor law. An offense under Article 218 § 1a of the Penal Code constitutes an offense only against employees’ rights within the meaning of Article 2 of the Labor Code and in regard to persons employed under specific conditions to the employment relationship, regardless of the termed used by the parties in the contract (Article 22 § 1¹ of the Labor Code). The position of the Supreme Court should be approved. The term ‘employee’ cannot be given a broader meaning than that used within the labor law, as this would authorize an unlawful interpretation to the detriment of the accused, conflicting with the principle of nullum crimen sine lege. The thesis also attempts to convince that a criminal court, when deciding on the commission of an offense under Article 218 § 1a of the Penal Code, made arrangements for the performance of work in the specific conditions to the employment relationship contrary to the term used by the parties in the contract in accordance with the principle of jurisdictional independence expressed in Article 8 § 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Keywords:
employee, Article 218 § 1a of the Penal Code, determining the existence of an employment relationship, principle of jurisdictional independence of the criminal courtReferences
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Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1975-1309
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7912-1363
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