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Currently, those receiving sickness insurance benefits whose hours were reduced because of the health crisis, or due to pregnancy-related conditions, receive benefits according to their part-time rather than normal hours …

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Because the Social Dialogue Council failed to reach agreement on changes to the private sector minimum wage for next year, the government itself will unilaterally determine it before 15th September 2020 …

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The Office for Personal Data Protection has issued a reminder to employers that workplace video monitoring is regulated under the Labour Code …

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Employers sometimes overlook the fact that the national minimum hourly wage excludes seniority allowances, where these are specified in individual or collective agreements, or work rules …

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If companies do not have their own “third pillar” voluntary employee pension plan in place by now, it is getting too late to establish one …

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Several proposals have been made to establish a legal obligation on employers to publish in job adverts the remuneration that is on offer for particular posts …

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An IKEA HR manager now officially faces charges for dismissing an employee who referred to homosexuality as an “abomination” on the company’s intranet …

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The Polish government has submitted to Parliament for approval a new law that will go beyond current competition laws …

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Companies that do not want to be tied to the conditions that accompany the “Anticrisis shield” programme introduced by the government may still, in certain circumstances, reduce pay, terms and conditions another way …

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Payment of corporate income tax for 2019 has been postponed until the 31st of May 2020 …

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Under the newly concluded wage agreement between the Polish Mining Group (PGG) and unions, face and underground support workers at PGG will now see an immediate average 6% gross monthly pay increase – from PLN 7,386 (US$1,870) to PLN 7,829 (US$1,982) …

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Employers should take note that one third of the land area of Poland (mainly in the south of the country) has now been declared by of 100 local municipalities as a LGBT-free zone …

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The current Labour Code restrictions on Sunday working in the retail sector that were introduced last Spring have led to a number of major supermarkets, such as the UK food retailer Tesco, closing or running down their operations …

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Under a proposed amendment to the Labour Code, employers will be obliged to only advertise jobs with an openly declared level of gross remuneration, although this can be expressed as a range …

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Over the year to October 2019, average gross pay in Poland increased by 5 …

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