flash news - Labour and employment law

Following the implementation of two EU directives - Directive 2019/1152 and Directive 2019/1158, from 23 May 2023, employers will have to include the following information in the employment certificate relating to the calendar year in which their employment ceased:

• the employee's use of a new type of leave of absence on grounds of force majeure for urgent family matters caused by illness or accident and specified in Article 148¹ of the Labour Code;
• the employee's use of the care leave specified in Article 173¹ of the Labour Code, given to provide personal care or support to a person who is a family member or living in the same household and who requires care or support for serious medical reasons;
• days of 'occasional' remote work specified in Article 67³³ of the Labour Code.

On Wednesday, 26 April 2023, the Act of 9 March 2023 amending the Labour Code Act and certain other acts will enter into force, implementing two EU directives into Polish legislation: directive 2019/1152 and directive 2019/1158.

On Tuesday, 4 April 2023, the Act of 9 March 2023 amending the Labour Code Act and certain other acts, implementing into Polish law the two EU directives Directive 2019/1152 and Directive 2019/1158, was published in the Journal of Laws.

That legislation will come into force on 26 April 2023, i.e., 21 days after it was published.

Text of the Act: >>>

On 28 March 2023, three new draft regulations of the Minister of Family and Social Policy were published on the website of the Government Legislation Centre.

On Friday, the President’s Office announced that on 23 March 2023, the President had signed the Act of 9 March 2023 amending the Labour Code Act and certain other acts, implementing into Polish legislation two EU directives: Directive 2019/1152 and Directive 2019/1158. The most important changes resulting from the amendment have been described here >>> The Act will now be published in the Journal of Laws and will enter into force 21 days after its promulgation

On 9 March, the Sejm, accepting some of the Senate's changes, enacted amendments to the Labour Code implementing two EU directives into Polish legislation:

• Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union,
• Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU.