flash news: #labour market
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.
At a press conference on healthcare reform plans, the Health Minister announced her intention to introduce maximum individual pay levels and maximum expenditure limits within the budgets of hospitals funded by the National Health Fund. The initiative is part of efforts to tackle so-called excessive pay levels in the healthcare sector.
On 8 May 2026, the District Court in Łomża issued a first ruling - following the amendment to the Labour Code of 26 September 2025 - concerning the inclusion of new periods in an employee’s length of service. The judgment is final (case no. IV P 31/26).
The draft Internship Act (UD307), prepared by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, is causing increasing controversy among employer organisations. An assessment of the effect of the regulation is that mandatory remuneration and new formal requirements could mean that 47.8% of firms will cease offering internships.