The COVID-19 Special Act has undergone many amendments, which extended or changed the rules of granting of instruments aimed at counteracting the COVID-19 pandemic, since it was enacted. Subsidies and lones are a special category for which companies can apply in labour offices: voivodeship and poviat – Paweł Sych and Patryk Kozieł comment for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
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Karolina Schiffter, partner, advocate, is the only lawyer from Poland to have been awarded this prestigious title, which puts her among the world’s leading immigration practitioners.
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Foreigners applying for EU Blue Card have to prove that their gross monthly salary based on contract signed in 2021 is no lower than PLN 7,751.21.
This change has no impact on Blue Card applications submitted prior to 2021 or already issued Blue Cards.
The new salary requirement will apply to Blue Card applications of foreigners who signed their contracts in 2021.
The employer may be responsible for omissions in the field of occupational health and safety, which will lead to the situation that employees may inflict with SARS-CoV-2 virus and become sick. – Marcin Szlasa-Rokicki and Jakub Grabowski comment for Rzeczpospolita.
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An employee cannot turn a blind eye to rule breakers in the workplace. It may result in termination of an employment contract, even without notice – Karolina Kanclerz comments for Rzeczpospolita.
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The company can send employees for overdue holidays at the selected date, but it still has to be done by the end of September. Downtime does not reduce the free period. – Sławomir Paruch comments for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
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Poland (updated: 10 February 2021, here)
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When, as a result of an inspection, the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) questions the contracts for specific work concluded by the entrepreneur, contractors (accepting the order) may gain an argument for the labor court that they were actually employees. However, the burden of proof rests with them. – Bartosz Wszeborowski and Marcin Szlasa-Rokicki comment for Rzeczpospolita.
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The popularization of remote work and, consequently, an increase in the number of hours worked at home will result in the fact that employees will more frequently ask employers to pay overtime – Sławomir Paruch comments for Money.pl.
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Which areas of employment and civil law contracts are the most frequently questioned and challenged by ZUS? What new powers were granted to ZUS on 1 January 2021 to extend its controlling authority over the contracts for a specific work? – Łukasz Chruściel and Sandra Szybak-Bizacka comment for Kwartalnik Prawo Pracy.
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