Higher fines and more thorough inspections for entrepreneurs who do not pay contributions, taxes or employ workers illegally

The latest proposal from the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy (MRPiPS) includes tightening the system for employing foreigners and expanding the powers of the National Labour Inspectorate (PIP) and the Border Guard. PIP’s and Border Guard’s inspections regarding the legality of employment and residence will be able to be carried out simultaneously and without prior notice. Currently, informing about a planned inspection, makes it easier to prepare for it, for example, by creating documents that supposedly comply with the regulations. Additionally, it will be possible to verify in an online system whether a foreign employee has actually taken up and performed work according to the issued permit and whether social security contributions are being paid. – Tomasz Rogala comments for Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

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