Month: July 2025

The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy is reportedly considering an increase in paid time off for childcare, from the current two days to four. This renewed focus on expanding paid childcare leave is somewhat unexpected, considering that the EU Work-Life Balance Directive, implemented just two years ago, already introduced significant new entitlements and leave types for employees, especially those with children. – Marcin Sanetra comments for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

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While the Deregulation Team seeks to simplify remote work regulations, legal professionals point out that many of the proposed amendments target issues that employers do not find problematic. The Ministry of Labour is also working on its own set of revisions. – Bartosz Wszeborowski and Michalina Lewandowska-Alama comment for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

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ZUS is reportedly easing its interpretation regarding social security contributions on employee lunch cards. However, it expects employers to implement solutions that reduce the likelihood of funds being spent on non-food items. These might include implementing card usage policies, obligating card acceptors to restrict purchases to meals, or introducing a penalty system for misuse, where both the card acceptor and employee bear responsibility, with the non-meal expenditure becoming subject to contributions. Curiously, ZUS is also attempting to impose an additional condition, suggesting that meals must be “ready to eat”, despite no such requirement existing in the relevant regulations. – Łukasz Chruściel, comments for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

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