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An EU IT system is due to be launched in the first half of 2025 that will record the entries and exits of non-EU nationals (EES), as well as short-term travel permits (ETIAS) to the EU. Therefore, UK citizens living in Poland and their eligible family members should consider applying for a residence permit now - if they have not already done so.
We recently wrote about the main assumptions of the Act of 24 July 2024 on Amendments to the Act on Vocational and Social Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities. The new Act was published in the Journal of Laws on 2 August 2024 and came into force on the next day.
Under the new legislation, persons whose certificates are due to expire on 30 September 2024 will maintain their disabled status until 31 March 2025. It should be noted that employees with a significant or moderate degree of disability are entitled to a shortened working day or additional leave, so the change may also be of interest to employers of persons with disabilities.
The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy is working on an amendment to the legislation on collective labour law. We have already written on our blog about the most important assumptions underlying the Collective Labour Agreements and Collective Accords Act (UC34).
The draft contains many important changes, not only from the perspective of trade unions. It has been proposed that collective agreements should also cover persons performing paid work on a basis other than employment, such as contractors.
On 5 July 2024, the Ministry of the Family, Labour and Social Policy announced the status of work on a draft amendment to the Act on the Social Insurance System and the Act on Social Insurance for Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases. The draft was prepared and subsequently discussed at the last meeting of the Economic Committee of the Council of Ministers. Its aim is to implement the A4.7 reform set out in the National Reconstruction Plan.
The Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) has published a report on foreigners registered with Poland’s social insurance system in 2023.
The report states that 1,127,744 foreigners were registered with the social security system in 2023, which is nearly 513% more than in 2015.
The growth is therefore noticeable and has been almost exponential, so far.
On 11 July 2024, the Government Legislation Centre’s website published a bill to amend the Act on Vocational and Social Rehabilitation and on the Employment of Disabled Persons (UD93), dated 10 July 2024.