publications - Labour and employment law

When you’re wearing high heels, it’s easy to trip and fall—and it’s a long way down. High heels are more problematic than flats, and not just for the wearer. The employer may also have a problem if an employee so shod slips at work and is injured. Such an occurrence will generally be regarded as a work accident, which triggers specific duties for the employer, and potentially even liability in damages. The ultimate assessment will depend on the circumstances of the specific incident.

Agnieszka Lisiecka 

Abolition of the obligation to submit notifications (and their amendments) to the State Labour Inspectorate and the State Sanitary Inspectorate, changes to work time rules plus new rules for conducting mandatory preliminary and periodic medical examinations and check-ups

Minimum annual remuneration for work of foreign higly skilled employee, amendment of the Law on Occupational and social Rehabilitation and Employment of the Disabled plus management board members subject to social insurance

New look of the accident report card, amendment of executive regulations concerning occupational diseases and new law on the effects of employing foreigners illegally residing in Poland.

New regulations concerning higly skilled employees – foreigners, prolongation of retirement to the age of 67 and Senate draft law on an amendment of the Social Insurance System Act.

Recession, lower inflation and a sharp rise in unemployment loom—a macroeconomic crisis. Attempts by governments to soften the effects of the crisis have, as of today, delivered very little, as macroeconomic indicators continue to be bad if not very bad. Dr Szymon Kubiak