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.

As a result of these changes, the template certificate of employment has also been modified to reflect the current wording of the legislation (see Annex to the Regulation).

The changes result from the Regulation of the Minister of Family and Social Policy of 11 May 2023, published in the Journal of Laws, amending the Regulation on the employment certificate (Journal of Laws, item 912).

Text of the regulation >>>.