Month: October 2020

Starting from October 14, 2020 direct flights to Poland remain banned only in case of 27 countries.

Poland has decided to not include any EU or EEA country in the ban list regardless of pandemic situation in these countries. Similar exemption was made for Ukraine.

Full list of the 27 banned countries is presented below:

1. Belize;
2. Montenegro;
3. Brazil;
4. Georgia;
5. Jordan;
6. Bahrain;
7. Guyana;
8. Israel;
9. Kuwait;
10. Libya;
11. Argentina;
12. Armenia;
13. Chile;
14. Iraq;
15. Colombia;
16. Costa Rica;
17. Lebanon;
18. Maldives;
19. Moldova;
20. Panama;
21. Paraguay;
22. Peru;
23. Tunisia;
24. Cape Verde;
25. United States;
26. Oman;
27. Bahamy.

With the new list in force, India will be able to resume direct flights to Poland.

Charter flights from the banned countries that were chartered by travel companies before October 14, 2020, will still be able to make direct flights to Poland.

Any country from the ban list will be able to resume flights to Poland as long as it officially notifies Poland that it guarantees to only allow passengers with a negative result of a COVID test to board the plane. To the moment only United Arab Emirates and Qatar have submitted such official notification and were removed from ban list.

Passengers of direct flights to Poland remain exempt from obligatory post-entry quarantine in Poland (except travelers of direct flights from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine – post-entry quarantine obligation applies for these countries).

Restrictions on categories of foreigners eligible to enter Poland remain applicable in case of incoming travels from outside of the Schengen zone (subject to numerous exceptions).

The list of countries banned from direct flights to Poland is planned to remain in force until October 27, 2020. We expect that a new list will be published on the same date.

 

Current HR challenges in the age of Covid-19 – attorneys-at-law Sławomir Paruch and Sandra Szybak-Bizacka answer issuers’ questions for Parkiet.

Article: here.

Employers hiring IT specialists and programmers should regulate the rules of acquiring rights to computer programs. They face risks related to acquisition of copyrights – Sławomir Paruch oraz Sandra Szybak-Bizacka comment for Rzeczposolita.

Article: here. 

Many employers took advantage of the anti-crisis shield and wage subsidies.This financial injection certainly helped in many cases to survive the first period after the pandemic and the so-called lock down. However, now employers face new challenges related to taking actions not of an ad hoc nature, but of a long-term nature. It may be necessary to modify the strategies chosen so far, including salaries for the next months, and maybe even years. One of the significant costs of running a business are remuneration costs (including costs of various types of variable components, such as bonuses). Bonus systems may require modification so that, on the one hand, they continue to fulfill their function and motivate to act (which may be particularly important in the period of recovery from the crisis), and on the other hand, that they are adapted to the financial capabilities of employers. It cannot be ruled out that in some cases it may be necessary to temporarily suspend the payment of bonuses because only such radical actions can save the company from collapse. – Sandra Szybak–Bizacka comments for Prawo Pracy.

Article: here.

Although the global struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic has been lasting for more than six months, new doubts are constantly emerging in relations to what measures employers can take to reduce the risk of infection in the workplace. In connection with the beginning of autumn, and thus the flu season, a discussion began in the media about organizing by employers compulsory flu vaccinations for employees. A question that has aroused particular controversy is whether an employer can terminate the contract with an employee if the employee refuses to undergo immunization (e.g. against influenza)? – Karolina Schiffter and Maria Boczek comment for Interia.pl

Article here. 

Companies, especially those with many employees and with extensive business relationships, are exposed to situations in which the private interests of individual employees are in conflict with or exclude the interests of the company and may directly influence the decisions made by employees with a conflict of interest.

The conflict of interest in the workplace has not been regulated in detail by the Polish legislator. In practice, it generates serious problems on the part of entrepreneurs and numerous doubts of a practical nature.The problem of conflict of interest in the workplace seems to be extremely important in the period of the coronavirus epidemic, when employees work from home to a greater extent than before. It should be noted that many employers were not prepared to enable employees to work remotely in such a wide range and do not have effective tools enabling the control of employees working outside the office with regard to potential conflicts of interest. Moreover, working from home or working remotely allows employees to stay in broader, conflicting private and professional relationships at the same time. –  Sławomir Paruch and Michał Bodziony for Kwartalnik Prawo Pracy.

Article here.

Employers can still apply for salary subsidies without the need to reduce working hours or introduce stoppage. Thus, for example recruitment companies which recriut new employees will benefit from this. – Paweł Sych comments for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Article: here. 

 

-An employer may recommend that employees who perform certain but not all jobs should undergo vaccination. The regulations clearly state that preventive vaccinations are carried out among workers exposed to biological agents, at the expense of the employer, and these include, for example, work in food production plants, agriculture or laboratories. Significantly, the biohazard work catalog is open – key role plays confirmed exposure to a biological agent, including influenza virus –  attorney-at-law, Sławomir Paruch comments for Rzeczypospolita.

Article: here.