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9 May 2025
President vetoes bill to lower health care premium for business owners

President Andrzej Duda vetoed a bill that would have lowered the health care premium for business owners.

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Changes to disability assessments - new rules for people with permanent disabilities

The Ministry of the Family, Labour and Social Policy has proposed amendments to the Regulation of the Minister of the Economy, Labour and Social Policy of 15 July 2003 on disability assessment and the degree of disability, which are intended to reduce the bureaucratic burden for people with permanent illnesses.

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29 April 2025
Ministry launches a pilot programme for reduced working hours

Analyses commissioned by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy on opportunities for reducing working hours have been completed, their conclusions showing improvements in employee health at places where working time has been reduced, consequently fewer absences.

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25 April 2025
Two Days Off - Not for Blood Donors Working Under Civil Law Contracts

A group of MPs asked a parliamentary question whether the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Policy plans to introduce changes to the regulations that would allow persons working under civil law contracts to also benefit from these rights upon donating blood.

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A parliamentary proposal for the salary transparency bill increasingly likely to be approved

The second reading of the parliamentary proposal for the salary transparency bill is envisaged even in the next parliamentary session in the Sejm (at the beginning of May). We discussed the original version of the bill in an article on our website. In April, a Sejm subcommittee approved a new, shorter version of the bill, drawn up in consultation with officials at the Ministry of Family, Labour, and Social Policy.

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18 April 2025
Supreme Court: Employer liable for failing to protect an employee during a robbery

As a result of an armed robbery at a bank, a female employee at whom the attacker pointed a gun, suffered serious psychological harm. She was on medical leave for an extended period, had to take psychotropic medication, and attended therapy.

The Regional Court in Katowice found that the employer had not provided adequate safety measures – security had been withdrawn, no security cameras were installed, and her workstation was unprotected. As a result, the court awarded the employee PLN 95,000 in compensation, emphasising the causal link between the robbery and the harm suffered.

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