On 24 June the so called 4.0 Anti-Crisis Act came into force. The act is another tool aimed at improving the situation of entrepreneurs affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The act introduces many changes, including the regulations on taking holiday leave.
Mar
09
2020
Poland: Coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2): What Kind of Data can be collected from the Employees in the face of an Epidemic?
While coronavirus is gaining more and more ground, employers in Poland try to figure out what means should be undertaken so their employees stay safe and their companies work as regular. It’s especially important for the employers in retail as their employees usually have direct contact with hundreds of customers. The employers have become particularly […]
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
Jan
29
2020
Poland: Supreme Court verdict on overtime work in task-based working time system
The Supreme Court held that in a task-based working time system, even if the tasks entrusted to an employee could not possibly be performed during normal working hours, this does not, in itself, release the employee from the obligation to prove the specific number of overtime hours to be paid
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
Sep
28
2019
Poland: Changes in the rules for calculating the minimum wage from 2020
On 1 January 2020, the Act of 19 July 2019 amending the Act on Minimum Wages, shall come into effect. On the basis of the amendment, seniority allowances to which employees are entitled after reaching a specified period of employment (on the basis of separate legal acts, collective agreements or work regulations) will no longer be included in the employee’s remuneration for the purposes of calculating the minimum wage. So far, this remuneration has not included: service anniversary award, retirement benefit, one-time disability benefit, overtime work remuneration and wage supplement for night work
Aug
28
2019
Poland: Persons under 26 years of age excluded from personal income tax
On the basis of art. 21 item 1 pt. 148 of the Act of 26 July 1991 on Personal Income Tax, persons under 26 years of age gaining income from a service relationship, employment relationship, outwork, cooperative employment relationship or mandate contracts shall be free from income tax up to the amount not exceeding PLN 85,528.00 (c.a. EUR 19,800.00) in a tax year (in 2019 proportionally PLN 35,636.67 – c.a. EUR 8,220.00). The above regulation has come into force from 1 August 2019