Key features of the proposed legislation:

• obligation to enter into negotiations once every two years to conclude a company labour agreement – this concerns employers:
  • where at least one trade union operates,
  • who employ at least 50 persons performing gainful activity,
  • who are not covered by a company collective labour agreement

(first negotiations are to be undertaken within two years of the new legislation entering into force),

• the introduction of a catalogue of matters – the ability to regulate in a collective labour agreement matters concerning, e.g., working time systems and schedules, overtime work, remuneration conditions or work organisation,
• the introduction of maximum duration periods of collective labour agreements:
  • 5 years for a company labour agreement with the possibility of extension for another 5 years,
  • 10 years for a multi-company labour agreement with the possibility of extension for another 10 years,
• simplification of the procedure for expanding a multi-company collective labour agreement,
• the ability to withdraw from a multi-company collective labour agreement by non-parties that are covered by it,
• simplification of the procedure for reporting collective labour agreements – notification to the National Register of Collective Accords by means of an ICT system.

According to the draft law, the new rules are to come into force on 1 January 2025.

Draft text