Amendments to the Act on Combating Unfair Competition

Posted by Mateusz Gajda

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 […]

The consequences of incorrect recording of working hours

Posted by Mateusz Gajda

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 […]

Flexible place and time of work for parents caring for sick children

Posted by Mateusz Gajda

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 […]

Electronic medical sick leave certificates obligatory from December

Posted by Mateusz Gajda

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 […]

Reduction of the obligatory period of keeping employees’ personnel files

Posted by Mateusz Gajda

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 […]

Verification of a candidate’s / employee’s criminal record in the financial sector

Posted by Mateusz Gajda

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 […]

Changes to immigration law

Posted by Dominika Nowak

In order to facilitate access to the Polish labour market for foreign citizens, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has prepared a bill that amends the resolution of 29 January 2009 on circumstances when a work permit is issued regardless of the specific requirements for granting work permits for foreigners. According to the […]

Legality of conducting background screening tests

Posted by Agnieszka Lechman-Filipiak

“In recent years, it has become increasingly common in Poland for employers to conduct background screening, i.e. to verify information presented by candidates during the recruitment process, as well as to collect additional information on employees during their employment, including from third parties. It usually takes place by contacting former employers or by reading the […]

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