Collective agreements without incentives for social dialogue

For many years, collective agreements have played only a limited role in Polish labour law – although they exist in theory, they are rarely used in practice, especially in the private sector. This is why the strong emphasis on collective agreements in directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the EU Parliament and the EU Council, which entered into force in 2022, raises questions about the future of collective agreements in Poland as well. – Sławomir Paruch, Robert Stępień, Paweł Sych, Michal Bodziony, Kinga Ciosk and Mikołaj Wilczek for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

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