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From next year onwards, the minimum monthly wage in Poland will rise by 15 …

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Polish citizens traveling on passports with embedded computer chips, and who have successfully obtained an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) will now be able to visit the United States without a visa and stay for up to 90 days …

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It is now open to employees to claim that factors relating to the nature of their employment other than those actually listed in the Labour Code (Article 18(3a) § 1) are valid grounds for establishing the existence of discrimination …

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From October 1st 2019 the lowest income tax rate has reduced for incomes up to 85,528 PLN (US$21,962) from 18% to 17% …

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The Social Insurance Institution ZUS has warned employers to be very careful about emails that appear to originate from them, as many are fraudulent …

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The Polish Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) has fined an online retailer PLN 2 …

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Employers across Poland should factor in a prevailing anti-LGBT mood and ultra conservative pro-family and church political movement …

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Workers in Poland who are employed under task-based civil law contracts are now entitled to various trade union rights …

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New ‘Employees’ Capital Pension Schemes’ (PPK) must be introduced by employers over the next year …

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A Sweden-based company has recently been fined PLN 1 million (EUR220,000/US$249,000) by the Polish Data Protection Authority (UODO) …

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Recent legislation requiring doctors to issue medical certificates solely in electronic format has been postponed until the 30th of November 2018 …

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Under an amendment to the Act on Vocational and Social Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled People employees may now request up to 30 days of care leave, combining flexible work arrangements, as well as telework, if they are parents of disabled children …

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The national minimum monthly wage is set to increase on the 1st of January 2019 from 2100 PLN (US$572) to 2250 PLN (US$614) …

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The Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”) which implements the GDPR and came into effect in May 2018 and came along with some associated changes to the Labour Code …

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Certain professions are now exempted from the annual quota system on migrant workers …

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