
The author discusses general problems concerning the protection of the employment permanence of trade union activists as a category of specially protected persons and the mechanism of this protection in the context of the
general clauses under Article 8 of the Labour Code, i.e. the rules of social coexistence and socio-economic purpose of the right. In the analysis of the issue being discussed, the author makes extensive use of the Polish Supreme Court case law, in particular in the context of the relationship between the protection of trade union activists defined in Article 32 of the Act of 23 May 1991 on trade unions and
Article 8 of the Labour Code regulating the so-called abuse of right.