This view is entirely valid. Both the duty to look after the welfare of the workplace and the non-competition agreement protect the same interest of the employer. The first tool protects at a general level, a contract can be much more specific and impose other related obligations on the employee and assign a number of additional rights to the employer. In practice, it is recommended that such an agreement is concluded, especially with employees in key positions from the employer’s perspective. – Kinga Polewka-Włoch comments for Rzeczpospolita.
If a sick person fails to attend the check-up by a certifying doctor, their sick note becomes invalid from the day following the missed examination. The invalidation applies only to that particular sick note, and all subsequent notes are valid. However, if the sick person works during the sick leave or uses it contrary to its purpose, it is an entirely different story. I believe such a person should lose the right to sick pay or allowance for the entire period of the sick leave, even if several sick notes were issued for that period. – Łukasz Chruściel comments for Rzeczpospolita.
The new regulations are not yet in force, but companies can prepare for them today. Remote working will be easier, but it will require a few formalities, preferably identical for everyone. – Bartosz Tomanek, Michalina Lewandowska-Alama comment for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
The court’s position is surprising. In its view, the required 180 days of unemployment benefit does not have to fall immediately after the loss of employment – Mariusz Maksis comments for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
Poland did not implement EU directives, including the one on parental leave, on time. In practice however, this does mean that the EU rules will be applied directly. – Sławomir Paruch comments for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
It is natural to devote only as much time to work as it takes to complete a task, and today this seems to be a modern concept, available only to some. Indeed, only in some professions people can decide when and how they will work. It cannot be overlooked that those jobs exist. Reading the Labour Code, however, there is an impression that it was written primarily for workers in large enterprises, where self-reliance was out of the question. – Sławomir Paruch comments for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
