Electronic employment-related documentation
On 1 January 2019, new provisions of the Labour Code will come into force which introduce significant changes to the way of keeping employment-related documentation. Employers are currently required to keep most employment-related documentation in paper form; however, the new law will allow such documentation also to be kept in electronic form. Employers who want to make this change will be obliged to make a digital copy of the paper documents kept in the employees’ personnel files and then certify their authenticity, e.g. by using a qualified electronic signature. Importantly, employers who decide to make the change will have to …
