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25 November 202225 November 2022varia

Crisis management without lay-offs

Between the hammer and anvil: a forgotten institution in an employer’s crisis situation

The current socio-economic situation presents employers a huge challenge. On one hand, they confront inflationary increases that are necessary to retain employees. On the other hand, they struggle with rising prices and business costs. Depending on the industry, business instability and discrepancy between planned and actual profits are increasingly forcing businesses to conduct so-called collective redundancies. Is there an alternative for them to mitigate the effects of falling purchasing power and high business costs?

24 November 202229 November 2022hiring foreigners

Remote work in a foreign country: A solution for everyone or only for the brave?

The popularity of remote work and its various forms, including digital nomadism, is not waning. Unconstrained by national borders or the nationality of employees, employers taking advantage of the global labour market must take into account a number of legal aspects not present in traditional employment. These involve not only issues of supervision of work performance or compensating employees for out-of-office costs, but above all, issues such as the law applicable to the employment relationship and legalisation of the employee’s work and residence in the country of work.

5 July 20225 July 2022regulatory

The pros and cons of an extended reference period

An extended reference period as a tool for more flexible planning of working time. When can it be used and what mistakes need to be avoided?

Employers and employees both often desire flexibility in their employment relations. However, the interests of the parties to an employment contract are not always the same.

In fact, employers seek flexibility which they understand as being able to adapt the terms and conditions of work, including working time, to:

changing business needs, as well as
circumstances that are frequently difficult to anticipate and over which employers have no control (like the corona virus pandemic, at the very least)

while at the same time reducing employment costs.

17 June 202217 June 2022employment contract, regulatory

Changes to the Labour Code: new compulsory elements of an employment contract and broader information obligations of employers

The government’s bill to amend the Labour Code and certain other acts, which seeks to implement solutions provided under EU Directives into Polish legislation[1], may have a significant impact on the employees’ rights and on the corresponding employers’ obligations. The amendment seeks to extend parenthood rights, including by extending parental leave (in the spirit of work-life balance) and to make revolutionary changes in how employment contracts are terminated. In desiring to achieve the greatest possible transparency and predictability in employment, it also seeks to modify the compulsory elements of an employment contract and to significantly affect (broaden) the information obligations of employers with respect to employees.