Piotr Graczyk

Advocate / Partner

Advocate. Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Affiliated with the law firm since February 2014.

Język: Angielski - Polski

Since the beginning of 2014, Piotr has been supporting clients in the People & Culture area, in particular in the field of labour law and social security.

In particular Piotr specialises in:

  • strategic planning regarding the defence against employee claims,
  • advice on dismissals (including collective dismissals),
  • litigation of employment claims,
  • litigation in cases involving appeals against the Social Security Institution’s decisions,
  • implementation of procedures against mistreatment,
  • conducting internal investigations regarding mobbing, discrimination and other forms of mistreatment,
  • relations with trade unions.

Co-manages the firm’s litigation practice.

Recently Piotr has been involved in the following cases of interest:

  1. court case over a contractual penalty under a termination agreement concluded at first instance with a judgment awarding several hundred thousand zlotys from employee to former employer,
  2. trial on appeal against a decision in which the Social Security Institution reduced the contribution assessment basis due to the conclusion of an employment contract shortly after becoming pregnant (resulting in a significant reduction in benefits). Piotr managed to secure a final judgment in which the court raised the contribution assessment basis by more than six times (to the amount following from the employment contract).

In addition, Piotr has conducted dozens of internal investigations involving employers from many sectors and employees at all levels.

Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, member of the Warsaw Bar Association, author of numerous articles on labour law.

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