Some reflection on the judges' "task-based" working time

Bibliogr. s. 245-246

In accordance with the Art. 83 of the Act of 27 July 2001, Law on the Organization of Common Law Courts, the judge's time of work is specified by its tasks. The employment relationship of judge has some specificity, as regards the scope of staff subordination due to the principle of judicial independence. Typical, traditional understanding of employment subordination is not applied here, as it would be in a collision with it. The judge is required to perform the commands of superiors only in respect of administrative acts and on the efficiency of court proceedings. In this connection, the question arises as to whether this circumstance is sufficient to defend the argument that the legal status of a judge is so different, that his working time should not be in the framework of working time standards and that this is not “task-based” working time in the meaning of the Art. 140 of the Labor Code.