English to Polish Law/Patents Law: Contract(s) labour dispute

Petycja do Parlamentu Europejskiego, złożona przez panią M., obywatelkę Włoch, w sprawie sporu pracowniczego w Niemczech;

The petitioner is requesting the final pay cheque due to her following her dismissal. The employer, a German company which had bought the firm concerned from another firm, did not make the payment requested by the worker, claiming that it was only payable to workers who resign.

The petitioner brings forward that she used to work for Tally, a company producing printers for 20 years. In 2002, Tally sold the division the petitioner was working for to PKM GmbH Max Kempfle.

According to the petitioner, Tally transferred to PKM GmbH the amount which would be due for payments in case of the ***termination of employment contracts***. The petitioner further alleges, that PKM had reassured its staff on several occasions that in case of termination of employment contracts workers would receive the amount of money they were entitled to including the years of service with Tally.

In 2004, the petitioner was dismissed by PKM GmbH with 7 months notice. She claimed she was entitled to severance pay based on her years of service with Tally and PKM GmbH.

PKM GmbH, however, refused to make the payment. It maintained that workers who had been dismissed were not entitled to this payment; this entitlement would only apply to workers who resigned.


Nie wiem, jak ująć po polsku owe "termination of employment contracts", skoro - jak rozumiem - chodzi o zakończenie umowy o pracę w następstwie zarówno wypowiedzenia złożonego przez pracownika, jak i zwolnienia pracownika przez pracodawcę.