In its judgment of 27 August 2026, Case No. 21 Cdo 175/2026, the Supreme Court considered the validity of an employee’s dismissal on grounds of redundancy under Section 52(c) of the Labour Code. The employer had decided to reduce the number of operational chemists from sixteen to fifteen and selected the claimant for redundancy. However, one of the other employees was employed under a fixed-term employment contract scheduled to expire before the end of the claimant’s notice period. The lower courts … Continue reading Invalidity of an Agreement Intended to Protect an Employee Is Generally Relative and Cannot Be Invoked by a Person Whose Interests the Protective Rule Is Not Intended to Safeguard