Can an employment contract be terminated by email?

The current practice of applying the provisions regulating the form of conclusion and termination of employment contracts is inconsistent with the contemporary realities of business transactions. Nowadays, it is fully justified to assume that the notion "in writing" also includes actions of a written nature performed in documentary form, through electronic communication means (especially e-mail).

The issue of the manner of interpreting the notion 'in writing' on the basis of the provisions of the Labour Code is analysed by Przemysław Mazur, advocate, in the pages of the latest issue of the Labour Law Monitor.