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The Ministry of Labour has published a bill meant to deregulate and simplify communication between employers and trade unions and employee councils.
In August of last year, a three-member panel of the Supreme Court referred a legal issue that had been presented to it by the Regional Court in Katowice, for resolution by an enlarged panel of judges.
On Friday, 26 September, Parliament adopted the changes proposed by the Senate to amendments to the law on calculating length of service The changes were mainly technical. However, one of the changes introduced the principle that for overlapping periods counted towards length of service, the period that is most favourable to the employee is to be included in the length of service.
On 26 September 2025, the President of the Republic of Poland signed the Act of 12 September 2025 amending certain acts to verify the right to family benefits for foreigners and the conditions for providing assistance to Ukrainian citizens in connection with the armed conflict in that country.
The most important changes in the so-called Ukrainian Special Act:
- The provisions have been extended until 4 March 2026, which means that the uncertainty regarding the legality of residence and employment of Ukrainian citizens without UKR status has been dispelled;
- Both adults and minors will be able to obtain a PESEL number with the UKR annotation only in person.
According to the ‘List of Policy Priorities of the Members of the Council of Ministers’ published on Friday, 19 September, the government plans to establish an Employee Rights Ombudsman as part of its labour law reform. The new body is to protect the freedoms, rights and interests of employees, regardless of the basis of their employment.
A draft bill on internships has been added to the agenda of the Council of Ministers. It is to replace the current law on graduate work placements. The new regulations are to apply to internships and work placements on the open labour market (those forming parts of formal education programmes are to be excluded).