As we mentioned in previous blog posts, on 1 January 2019 new employment rules came into effect. The most important are the following: Entry into force of the Act on Employee Pension Plans As part of the reform of the pension system, the Polish government has introduced a new form of saving into the Polish …
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New provisions of the Polish Labour Code came into force on 1 January 2019 which limit the necessity of conducting periodic health and safety training for employees whose work involves a low accident rate and low exposure to harmful factors. The new regulations are very important for employers that employ administrative and office staff provided …
On 1 January 2019, the regulation of the Minister of Labour, Family and Social Policy on the rules of keeping employee documentation comes into force. The new provisions will introduce a number of changes to the rules of collecting and keeping documentation related to the employment relationship. In particular, they will specify in detail the …
On 1 January 2019, the Act on Employee Pension Schemes will enter into force, introducing a new method of saving for retirement – employee pension schemes. The introduction of the employee pension schemes will take place in several phases. Initially, the obligation to create a scheme will apply only to employers with at least 250 …
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On 14 November 2018, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal ruled that the act abolishing the maximum annual basis for calculating some social security contributions is unconstitutional. As a reminder, earlier in 2018 the Polish parliament passed a new law which abolished the limit on the maximum annual basis for calculating some social security contributions i.e. retirement …
To mark the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence, 12 November 2018 has been declared a national holiday. On this day, employees of most employing establishments (including retail establishments) cannot perform work, unless statutory provisions allowing work on Sundays and public holidays apply to them. Apart from the need to introduce significant changes to …
A draft regulation of the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy on employee documentation has been posted on the website of the Government Legislation Centre. The draft proposes significant changes to the method and conditions of keeping and storing employees’ personnel records. One of the key changes is the introduction of a new structure …
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In 2019, employers will be obliged to pay full-time employees at least PLN 2,250 gross (approx. EUR 580) per month. This increase in the minimum wage will have an impact on other financial benefits received by employees in connection with their employment, i.e. there will be an increase in severance pay in the case of …
The amended provisions of the Act on Trade Unions will come into force on 1 January 2019. One of the most important changes will be that civil law contractors (i.e. individuals hired under civil law contracts such as a contract of mandate or a contract for performing a specified task, as well as individuals running …
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On 7 August 2018, the President of Poland signed the Act amending the Act on Combating Unfair Competition and some other acts. Its purpose is to adapt the provisions of Polish law to Directive 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the protection of classified know-how and classified …
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Employers are required to keep a record of employees’ working hours in order to correctly determine their remuneration and other work-related benefits. Employers should record in particular information on work on Sundays and public holidays, work at night, overtime work, time when an employee was on-call, holidays, any other absences from work. The main risk …
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New provisions of the Labour Code recently came into force which introduce significant changes in flexible working arrangements for employees who are parents taking care of sick children. The changes concern employees who are expecting the baby provided that the pregnancy is at risk, parents of children who have a certificate of severe and irreversible …
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The date of entry into force of the provisions introducing mandatory electronic sick leave certificates has been postponed again. Currently, doctors can issue sick leave both in paper and electronic form. Issuing paper sick leave certificates will be possible only until 30 November 2018 – subsequently, the sick leave certificates will have to be issued in electronic …
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New provisions of the Polish Labour Code will come into force on 1 January 2019 which will reduce the obligatory period of keeping employees’ personnel files. This period is currently 50 years after the termination of the employment relationship, whereas according to the new provisions, it will be reduced to 10 years. However, employers will …
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In general, Polish law limits the scope of data that employers are allowed to process, i.e. there is a specific catalogue of personal data that may be collected and processed during the recruitment process and during the period of employment. This catalogue does not include information about the criminal record of a given candidate/employee, so …
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