A justified absence from work of an employee may constitute a reason for termination of an employment agreement without notice pursuant to Art. 53 of the Labour Code.

A certain protection period must expire. The length of protection depends mainly on the reason for the absence.

More in the article by Piotr Lewandowski and Wojciech Kwiatkowski "Dismissal not always due to the fault of the employee" for Rzeczpospolita (article from 1 October 2020).