Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Poland as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Poland: Draft law gives rights of access to employee email addresses
One feature of the draft act on collective labour disputes is a right by trade unions to request the business emails, which must be provided within three days of the request …
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Poland: 900,000 applications under a special facility to give Ukrainian refugees access to the labour market
The Polish government passed a law last May which allowed refugees to register for work without applying for a formal work permit …
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Poland: President signs labour code amendment
The principal changes are the addition of a new section on remote work and a facility to carry out checks to ensure workers are not under the influence of alcohol …
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Poland: Workplace alcohol testing
Employers may now lawfully assess the sobriety of employees, those on civil law contracts and independent vendors providing on-site services …
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Poland: Labour Code amendment to incorporate the right to work on a remote basis
Parliament is currently finalising its debate on several additional clauses to the Labour Code …
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Poland: Progress on draft act concerning collective labour disputes
Under the definition of the Act, a dispute will involve all persons who have a disagreement on a collective matter where trade unions represent at least one of the parties …
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Poland: New leave right to handle emergencies
Under Article 7 of the EU Directive on Work-Life Balance the Sejm (lower house of the national legislature of Poland) has agreed to the addition of two days leave for force majeure, at 50% normal pay …
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Poland: Employees most often complain about money
There were over 45,000 complaints made to the National Labour Inspectorate last year …
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Poland: Mind the gap
It would be a cruel and ironic coincidence that the invasion of Poland should spark not only the second, but also third World war …
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Poland: Employee sobriety checks
An amendment to the Labour Code approved by the Cabinet and currently before the Sejm (Parliament) will extend the powers of employers to undertake alcohol and drugs testing at work …
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Poland: Minimum wage to rise almost 15% in 2023
The Minimum wage next year is set to rise by 14 …
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Poland: Minimum wage in 2022
The monthly gross minimum wage has risen to PLN 3,010 (US$3,275) per month …
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Poland: Alcohol testing
The right of employers to undertake alcohol testing is being formalised and strengthened …
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Poland: Amendment of the Labour Code
Two important labour law reforms are in the pipeline and due for implementation by 2nd August 2022 …
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Poland: Lower house rejects new Covid-19 bill
A vote on the provision of free, regular testing of employees for COVID-19 has been defeated in the Sejm (Lower house of Parliament) …
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