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5 December 2024
The Ministry of Justice is drafting an amendment to Kamilek’s Law

The amendment is to the Act on Counteracting the Threat of Sexual Crime and the Protection of Minors and is  intended to be a response to problems that have occurred in the practice of that which is known as Kamilek’s Law.

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3 December 2024
The end of the year means additional obligations for employers

As the end of the year 2024 approaches, employers need to be mindful of several specific obligations. The most important  are:

  • Settling annual leave. As a general rule, annual leave should be taken by the end of the year in  which it is due. Employers should, therefore, check that  employees do not commence the new year haing outstanding leave, and agree when that leave is to be taken.
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28 November 2024
The bill implementing CSRD also includes labour law issues

The Sejm has passed a bill implementing the Directive on Corporate Sustainability Reporting (CSRD). The new regulations will broaden the current extent of non-financial reporting by including social and environmental issues. Furthermore, entities that meet at least two of the following three criteria: i) more than 250 employees, ii) revenues greater than EUR 40 million a year, or iii) assets in excess of EUR 20 million, will become subject to the bill’s obligations already from 31 December of this year.

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28 November 2024
Interesting data about foreigners on the Polish labour market

A few days ago, Legalito, the EWL Foundation and the Warsaw University Centre for Eastern European Studies published a report titled Migrants in Polish Companies: Employment Practices, Forecasts and Barriers: Employers’ Experience. The survey covered 200 medium-sized and large companies representing key sectors of the economy such as IT, construction, manufacturing or logistics.

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22 November 2024
The Ministry of Health announces expansion of an occupational health examination package

According to the Deputy Minister of Health, a compulsory package of occupational health examinations will already next year be extended to include a cholesterol check, sugar level control and determination of the BMI index, which relates to the prevention of so-called civilisational diseases.

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20 November 2024
Wage spreads mandatory in every job advertisement?

According to emerging information, already at the current session of the Sejm, MPs of the governing coalition are expected to bring a bill obliging employers to publish salary spreads in every job advertisement. This requirement would apply in both the public and private sectors.

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