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8 August 2025
Changes to the list of countries subject to the declaration procedure - planned removal of Georgia

On 7 August 2025, the Government Legislation Centre published the Minister of Family Labour and Social Policy draft regulation of 4 August 2025 on countries whose citizens may be covered by declarations on entrusting work to foreigners and certain provisions of the Act of 20 March 2025 on the conditions for permissibility of entrusting work to foreigners.

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7 August 2025
Contributions based on annual bonuses only in the month of payment – ZUS rejects 1/12 settlements

The Social Insurance Institution ("ZUS") in the latest interpretation (DI/200000/43/546/2025) ruled that contributions are to be calculated on the total payments made in a month, even if they relate to different periods.

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6 August 2025
New occupational diseases from December 2025.

The Ministry of Health is working on an amendment to the Council of Ministers regulation on occupational diseases, dated 30 June 2009. From 21 December 2025, ovarian and gastrointestinal cancers are to be listed as occupational diseases.

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31 July 2025
Will the Social Security Institution pay for sick leave from day one?

There is an ongoing discussion about abolishing employers’ duty to pay sick pay for the first 14 or 33 days of sickness absence in a given year.

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29 July 2025
Cash equivalent for vacation leave to be paid by the 10th day after termination

The Government Legislation Center website has published a changed version of the deregulation bill which we described on our portal. The bill relaxes the formal requirements that apply to certain documents that are mentioned in the Labour Code, and clarifies issues related to employee representation in matters concerning a Company Social Benefits Fund (ZFŚS) and the deadline for paying the cash equivalent for unused vacation leave.

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