publications - Labour and employment law

In today’s knowledge-based economy, consolidations of enterprises are common—sometimes even between competitors. Employment reductions are a natural part of any consolidation, but are a source of legal risks for merging competitors. Such risks are hard to eliminate, but does it have to end in stalemate? Dr Szymon Kubiak

New simplifications for employers, end of the L4 form and more rights for working parents.

Minimum wage in 2015, end of restrictions related to working on a day off and wider range of offenses punishable under the Act on Trade Unions.

Facilitated free movement of workers, changes to regulations promoting employment and labour market institutions plus secondary bankruptcy as a precondition for employer insolvency.

Changes in working time, amending the order of importance of certain provisions, changes to definite term agreements plus Sunday work.

An interim manager is most often a person with very high qualifications, serving as an outside expert for special tasks, who comes onboard for a strictly defined purpose, such as putting the firm back on its feet when problems grow beyond the control of management. An interim manager temporarily manages the enterprise, a division, or a specific project.

Dr Szymon Kubiak