Law and Justice party (PIS) wants to change the Labour Code. Women are meant to earn as much as men for the same work. As a labour law expert notes the aim is just because the discrimination must be fought but the method is not thought-out and “gives nothing new to an employee”. – Łukasz Chruściel for money.pl
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Employer who has experienced a decrease in economic turnover can apply for co-financing of employees’ remunerations. Also under an agreement concluded on the basis of article 15gb of Anti-crisis shield – Michał Bodziony comments for Rzeczpospolita.
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Employers may suspend the payment of the statutory bonus, provided that they conclude an agreement on this matter with trade unions, employee representatives or the interested parties themselves. – Sandra Szybak-Bizack and Kinga Polewka comment for Rzeczpospolita.
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Due to Covid-19, general assemblies of public companies have an additional two months to adjust to changes in the remuneration of management and supervisory boards members – Sławomir Paruch and Piotr Kozłowski comment for Rzeczpospolita.
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Below please find the brief summary.
1. Employer who has experienced a decrease in economic turnover can apply for co-financing of remuneration for employees even if they are not covered by economic stoppage or reduced working time. The maximum period of using this solution is up to 3 months. Co-financing is granted in the same way as for the reduction of working time to 80% (up to 40% of the average monthly salary).
2. The rules for performing remote work have been clarified:
a) employees can work remotely if they have sufficient technical and housing conditions to perform work in such a way;
b) the employer should provide the tools, materials and logistics services necessary to perform remote work;
c) employees may use their own resources provided that the security of information and personal data is ensured;
d) employees performing remote work keep a record of activities performed according to the employer’s instructions.
3. During the period of the epidemic / emergency status, employer has the right to terminate non-competition agreement binding after the employment relationship with a 7-day notice period. It refers also to non-competition agreement binding after termination of mandate contract, service contract or contract for specific work.
4. The employer is entitled to introduce economic stoppage/reduce working time up to 20% (no more than 0.5 full-time) regardless the decrease in turnover:
a) no specific % decrease in turnover is required (unless the employer wants to apply for a remuneration subsidy);
b) condition for using the abovementioned solutions is the increase in costs of remunerations in relation to the revenues from sale of goods or services;
c) the maximum period of using this solution is up to 12 months from the end of the epidemic;
d) an agreement with trade unions or employee representatives is required.
5. During the period of the epidemic / emergency status, the employer may unilaterally grant employee up to 30 days of overdue annual leave.
6. During the period of the epidemic / emergency status, provided that the employer has a % decrease in turnover or an increase in the cost of remuneration within the meaning of the Act:
a) the amount of severance allowance and other benefits due to termination of employment and civil contracts is limited to 10 times the minimum remuneration;
b) employer may suspend the obligation to create social fund and make deductions as well as the obligation to pay holiday benefits;
c) operation of other funds or fulfil social and living obligations (excluding conditions of employment contracts) and apply the statutory amount of payment for social fund are suspended.
7. Reduction of daily and weekly rest, introduction of equivalent working time system and a settlement period extended to maximum 12 months or application of less favourable employment conditions than those resulting from employment contracts is possible not only in the event of a decrease in turnover by %, but also in the event of the increase in remuneration costs in relation to revenues, as defined in the Act.
8. Inspections at the entrepreneur – with the entrepreneur’s consent inspection activities may be carried out via a postal operator or electronic means of communication.
The Chief Sanitary Inspectorate and the Ministry of Development have prepared guidelines on how to organize office work to increase employee safety and what to do if an employee is suspected of being infected – Karolina Kanclerz comments for Rzeczpospolita.
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Does pandemic have to mean layoffs?
Taking into account the effects of the “economic blockade” associated with Covid-19, a significant part of entrepreneurs are preparing to a greater or lesser extent for restructuring.
Also those who during the crisis caused by the coronavirus did not record losses in the amount authorizing them to benefit from various forms of financing provided in the Anti-crisis shield. Robert Stępień and Michał Bodziony – comment for Parkiet.
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The employer may require new qualifications from candidates when filling vacancy. However, this cannot be driven by intention to circumvent the priority to hire employee laid-off under collective redundancies rules – Karolina Kanclerz comments for Rzeczpospolita.
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Polish borders were opened again starting from June 13 for travellers from other Schengen countries. All categories of travellers entering Poland from another Schengen country are able to enter Poland on regular pre-Covid-19 terms and will not be subject to obligatory quarantine.
Incoming travels from outside of the Schengen zone will remain restricted for indefinite period. Only limited categories of foreigners are eligible to enter from outside of the Schengen zone – in particular, foreigners with dependent visas who do not work in Poland remain ineligible to enter. 14 days obligatory quarantine post entry remains applicable.
From June 17 Poland re-opens for international flights from a list of countries including European Union member states, countries of European Economic Area and Switzerland, however, excluding United Kingdom, Sweden and Portugal. International flights from countries not included in the above list will remain restricted until June 30. Actual resuming of connections to Poland will depend on decision of airlines.
The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic motivated most of companies to move their work from office to home. It turned out that this kind of work passes muster – Karolina Schiffter, attorney-at-law as a guest of the program Pytanie na śniadanie.
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