Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Poland as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Poland: Foreigners performing work in Poland (2022)
At the end of December 2022 foreign workers accounted for 6 …
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Poland: Average pay in the enterprise sector (July 2023)
In July 2023, average gross monthly pay in the enterprise sector had grown by 10 …
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Poland: Support allowance for people with disabilities
The government is on the verge of pushing through a new allowance that would be paid from 1st January next year …
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Poland: Emergency status to be cancelled at the end of June 2023
Taxpayers will be suddenly confronted with declaration deadlines next month when COVID-19 rules suspending mandatory tax disclosure requirements are lifted – leaving 30 days for reports to be submitted …
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Poland: Labour Code amendment incorporates two EU Directives
The Act, which came into force on 26th April 2023, brings into force the EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions …
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Poland: The ongoing role of the Social Labour Inspector
One throw back to the 1980s and the previous communist state is the role of the ‘Social Labour Inspector’ (SIP) (Art …
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Poland: Improvement in workplace safety
The number of accidents at work fell by 3 …
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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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