flash news - Labour and employment law

In accordance with Article 18(3ca) § 3 of the Labour Code, as introduced last year, employers must ensure that job advertisements and job titles are gender-neutral. In a recent response to a parliamentary question, the Ministry of Labour indicated that, to meet the requirement for gender neutrality, one may, for example:

Employers are required to grant employees outstanding annual leave for 2025 by 30 September 2026.

On 20 August 2026, Statistics Poland (GUS) reported that in July 2026 the average gross monthly wage in the enterprise sector was PLN 9,509.02, representing a 6.8% increase on that in July 2025. This significantly exceeded economists’ forecasts, who had expected growth of around 6.2–6.3%.

Last week, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy published a draft bill on platform work. The purpose of this legislation is to implement EU Directive 2024/2831 on improving working conditions in platform work.

The bill is intended to cover employment via digital labour platforms. These will be entities engaged in supplying a service that meets the following conditions:

The Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw resolved a dispute about when to tax variable pay to employees that is in the form of units of investment funds. The court overturned the interpretation of the Director of the National Tax Information Service who had had claimed that income arose twice – first as a benefit in kind from employment when the units were issued and then as income from capital when they are redeemed.

Further provisions of the EU's AI Act come into force on 2 August. They focus on transparency in the use of artificial intelligence.