flash news: #wok-life balance
On 30 July 2026, the President signed the act implementing the EU's "Women on Boards" Directive, but at the same time referred it for ex post (subsequent) review by the Constitutional Tribunal.
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.
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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.