flash news - Labour and employment law

On March 13, the Senate removed from the law on the conditions for employing foreigners those provisions that would have increased penalties for employers breaching labor laws, and those introducing a new type of an offence by an employer.

On  March 19  an amendment to the Labor Code comes into effect which provides  supplementary maternity leave. The new regulations will permit parents of hospitalized newborns—both premature and full-term—to take additional time off for care.

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has set up a team to prepare solutions to support parents who suffer a miscarriage or the death of a child shortly after birth. The ministry wants to simplify the current legal procedures so that this group of parents receives care and is not burdened with unnecessary formalities.

The government has abandoned its plan to make all contracts of mandate subject to social security contributions, regardless of the level of income. This decision is part of a revision of the National Reconstruction Plan, aimed at avoiding the risk of losing EU recovery funds.

The beginning of the new year marked the start of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union which will last until the end of June 2025. In connection with this, the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy has announced the ministry's priorities for this period. The ministry will focus on three pillars in its work at the EU level:

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy is proposing new regulations on maximum temperatures in workplaces. They will require employers to estimate their employees’ metabolic rates, which means collecting information about their height, weight and age, in accordance with Polish Standards