Explore Employment Law Resources from more than 40 Countries Worldwide

Poland

Mar
31
2020

‘Polish Anti-crisis Shield’: from the employers’ perspective – Sobczyk & Partners Law Firm Webinar

Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.

In relation to the negative economic impact of the announcement of the epidemic state in Poland and the restrictions applied, a package of new legal regulations for entrepreneurs, the so-called ‘Anti-crisis Shield’, will be introduced.

The solutions included in the package concern, among others:
• economic stoppages (i.e. periods when work is not expected from employees),
• short-time work solutions (i.e. extraordinary measures allowing for the reduction of working hours),
• co-financing of employee remunerations by the State.

We would like to discuss new regulations during an online meeting, taking into account the employer’s perspective. We invite you to participate in a free online meeting which will be conducted in English.

If you want to participate, please register via rejestracja@sobczyk.com.pl

Speakers
  • Alina Giżejowska
  • Janusz Zagrobelny

Date and time:
March 31, 2020 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (CEST)

Mar
23
2020

Coronavirus: Your Essential Workforce Update – L&E Global Webinar

Date: Monday, 23 March 2020 – 5 p.m Central European Time / noon Eastern Time

Coronavirus: your essential workforce update. Key information to help you make effective decisions in these challenging times.

Since our last webinar on this topic at the beginning of March, the situation especially in Europe has taken a dramatic turn. Questions that were imminent at the beginning of March are no longer relevant in practice. Employers are now being faced with the need to make difficult business decisions at extremely short notice. We would like to give you some guidance for key European jurisdictions.

We invite you to download the “Stay Up To Date: Resources from your presenters regarding COVID-19” or view the final presentation of this webinar by clicking on the icon below:

The webinar featured attorneys from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and The Netherlands with deep knowledge and experience regarding the consequences of the Coronavirus in the workforce.

The speakers answered among others the following questions:

Insights
  • What about employees who must stay at home to take care of their children given the school’s closure?
  • Can employees be asked to take their leaves and their dates of leaves changed without notice? What about the use of time saving accounts?
  • Short time work: how does it work? Conditions, timeframe and formalities, duration and indemnification
  • How to manage works councils statutory meetings and other duties?
  • Are redundancies prohibited?
Speakers
  • Verena Braeckeler-Kogel (Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law in Germany)
  • Marcello Buzzini (LABLAW in Italy)
  • Alina Gizejowska (Sobczyk & Partners Law Firm in Poland)
  • Karol Hillebrandt (Palthe Oberman in the Netherlands)
  • Frédéric-Guillaume Laprévote (Flichy Grangé in France)
  • Ivan Suárez (Suárez de Vivero in Spain)

Date and time:
March 23, 2020 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm (CEST)

Feb
22
2020

Poland: The ban on trade and trade-related activities on Sundays entered into force as of January 2020

From 2018, the ban on trade and trade-related activities on Sundays, as well as the ban on entrusting employees and workers with trade and trade-related activities on Sundays was gradually introduced. At the beginning of 2020, the ban came into full force, and those who break the ban by entrusting employees and workers with trade and trade-related activities on Sundays might be subject to a fine between PLN 1,000.00 and PLN 100,000.00

Mar
02
2020

How the Coronavirus impacts the workplace? – L&E Global Webinar

Date: Monday, 2 March 2020
• 9 a.m CET / 5 p.m Japan Standard Time / 4 p.m China Time
• 6 p.m CET / 9 a.m Pacific Standard Time / noon Eastern Time

Employers are confronted with numerous legal issues as they address Coronavirus travel restrictions and consider health and safety measures to protect their workforce. In this webinar we will address legal risks and best practices relating to the Coronavirus, from the perspectives of employment law, health and safety, data privacy, and discrimination/human rights in the US, Europe and China.

We invite you to view the final presentation of this webinar by clicking on the icon below:

Speakers
  • Verena Braeckeler-Kogel (Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law in Germany)
  • Matt Harrop (Clyde & Co in United Kingdom)
  • Frédéric-Guillaume Laprévote (Flichy Grangé in France)
  • Katharine Weber (Jackson Lewis in USA)
  • Ying Zhao (Zhong Lun in China)

Date and time:
March 2, 2020 9:00 am - 8:00 pm (CEST)

Dec
19
2019

Poland: Amount of the write-off for the Employee Social Benefit Fund increases

Previously, the basis for calculating the amount of the write-off of the Employee Social Benefit Fund for the entirety of 2019 was supposed to be the average monthly salary in the national economy in the second half of 2013. A recent law, which has partially unfrozen the write-off amount for 2019, also included a draft bill to adjust the time period and average monthly salary figures to be used in calculating the amount of the write-off to the fund, although the exact figures of the basis to calculate the 2019 amounts have not yet been announced

Nov
27
2019

Poland: New Obligations for Employers to Introduce a Remuneration Policy

On 23 October 2019, the Act on the amendment to the Act on public offering and conditions governing the introduction of financial instruments to organised trading, and on public companies and certain other acts implementing the SRD II Directive (Shareholder Rights Directive) was forwarded to the President of Poland for his signature

Nov
25
2019

Poland: The Restraint in Retail that got out of hand

In Poland, 2018 started off with a revolution for retail employees. On 10th January 2018 the Act on Restraint of Retail Trade on Sundays, Holidays and other days entered into force. The Act was initiated by the biggest Polish trade union – NSZZ Solidarnosc and their intention was to improve the life and working conditions […]

Oct
25
2019

Poland: Record increase to the minimum wage

As of 1 January 2020, the minimum remuneration for work in Poland will be PLN 2,600 gross (c.a. EUR 600). This means an increase of PLN 350, or 15.6 % compared to the 2019 minimum wage (currently the lowest salary is PLN 2,250 gross). This is also the highest increase to the minimum remuneration in recent years

+ Look for Articles+ Look for International Legal Publications+ Look for Webinars+ Look for Useful Links