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Current EU regulations guarantee protection for Ukrainian citizens until 4 March 2027. However, in July this year, the European Commission proposed to start planning its gradual phasing out. In recent weeks, the EU Council has indicated that the phasing out of temporary protection should be based on Ukrainian citizens obtaining national residence permits reflecting their new purpose of stay or voluntarily returning to Ukraine.
The government plans to abolish the obligation in the Labour Code and the Whistleblower Protection Act to give authorization in writing to process personal.
The Sejm passed an amendment to the Social Insurance System Act that had been prepared by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy. The amendment repeals article 36(8) which had had imposed an obligation on contribution payers to store for five years paper notifications to ZUS that were signed in person by persons being reported, even if the notifications were submitted electronically.
The Interior Ministry has announced that border traffic between Poland and Belarus will be completely suspended from 12 September 2025. This means that all border crossings - road, rail, and pedestrian, will be closed until further notice.
The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy is drafting legislation to implement the EU directive on improving working conditions in platform work, which we have covered on our portal. This directive concerns platforms such as popular ride-hailing and food delivery apps.
This week saw the publication of the amendment to the Act on the State Labour Inspectorate (PIP), which was announced several months ago. This reform, which the government had committed to as one of the milestones of the National Recovery Plan, is intended to streamline the inspectorate’s work and provide it with more effective tools to enforce compliance with labour law.
The key elements of the reform are summarised the following five points.