Electronic applications in the Labour Code: Law aligns with practice

Electronic applications were finally regulated by the Labour Code. There have been some issues to date largely stemming from inconsistent terminology. For instance, there was no requirement for unpaid leave applications to be in the written form to be valid; the focus remained on the evidence provided. Consequently, the specific format was not important, given that an email can be printed and presented as evidence. Therefore, the current amendments should be viewed as a formal alignment with existing practices rather than a radical shift in policy. – Kinga Polewka-Włoch comments to Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

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