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TRAININGS | PCS PARUCH CHRUŚCIEL SCHIFFTER STĘPIEŃ | LITTLER GLOBAL

27.12.2021

We are pleased to introduce our training topics on current challenges in HR law.

Our training sessions and workshops are practical and interactive. We will address specific questions and client needs as they arise. We will also provide participants with carefully prepared training materials.

We are happy to adjust any training topic to your individual needs.

You can find our Speakers’ profiles below.

Please feel free to contact us to discuss the details.

 

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I. Remote working, hybrid working and working from abroad

  1. Hybrid working – how to avoid the pitfalls and what should be included in the hybrid working regulations?
  2. Drawing up and implementing effective, bespoke regulations for remote working abroad.
  3. How to estimate potential costs, obligations and formalities connected with remote working abroad.
  4. How to shape the relationship between the company and the employee working remotely.
  5. Amending and terminating employment contracts for employees working remotely.

II. OHS, tests, vaccinations

  1. Tests, vaccinations, temperature checks – law vs. practice.
  2. Employer liability for health and safety in the COVID-19 era – how to minimise it?
  3. Workplace entry rules in the COVID-19 era.
  4. Infection control procedures adjusted to a specific workplace.

III. New Deal, changes in tax law for employers

  1. The most important changes in tax law for employers in 2022.
  2. The New Deal – tax relief for the middle class – what has changed?
  3. New rules for the tax-free threshold. Tax relief for “returning” to Poland – who qualifies and under what circumstances?

IV. Whistleblower protection, workplace bullying, equal treatment of employees, parties liability within the employment relationship

  1. Compliance procedures for 2022.
  2. Whistleblower protection.
  3. Workplace bullying, harassment, personal rights violation, unfair treatment – rules on how to counteract it.
  4. Rewards and sanctions in the workplace.
  5. Employee financial liability.
  6. Compliance procedures within an organisation – our recommendations.
  7. Management criminal liability.

V. Employment structure; employment contracts, contracts for services, management contracts

  1. Employment contracts, civil law contracts, management contracts.
  2. Senior management employment.
  3. Atypical forms of employment (outsourcing, temporary employees).
  4. Establishing the existence of an employment relationship.
  5. Non-competition during employment and after its termination.

VI. Working time and holidays

  1. Working time systems – what changes to introduce in the COVID-19 era.
  2. Rules for scheduling working time.
  3. Working time settlement methods – our recommendations.
  4. Management working time.
  5. Business trips.
  6. Overtime calculation – workshop.
  7. Annual leave – terms and conditions, rules for granting, our recommendations.
  8. Parental leave – protection of employment and other parenthood-related rights.

VII. Employee pay, company social fund

  1. Employee pay rules – our recommendations.
  2. Company social fund and trade unions.
  3. Pay in company pay regulations and collective labour agreements.
  4. Pay systems.
  5. Bonuses and awards.
  6. Company social fund.

VIII. Employment of non-nationals, tax and social security issues to consider when employing non-nationals in Poland and Polish employees abroad

  1. Obligations of an employer employing a non-national, including an EU citizen. Sanctions for illegal employment of a non-national.
  2. Work permits, declarations on entrusting work.
  3. Residence permits, including the single residence and work permit and the EU Blue Card.
  4. Tax and social insurance rules for non-nationals seconded to Poland, secondment-related duties of employees and employers.

IX. Inspection and supervision by a labour inspector, proceedings before a labour court

  1. How to prepare for an inspection carried out by a labour inspector?
  2. Rules for an inspection carried out by a labour inspector.
  3. Inspection report analysis.
  4. Use of supervisory measures by a labour inspector – decisions, infringements, requests.
  5. Accidents at work.
  6. Employers in labour court proceedings – our recommendations.

X. Working with trade unions

  1. A legalistic approach to trade union relations.
  2. HR compliance and trade unions.
  3. Rights of company and inter-company trade unions.
  4. Rights of trade union activists.
  5. Trade union size verification.
  6. Shaping relations with trade unions.

XI. Personal data protection and documentation in employment relations, digitalisation of HR departments

  1. Rules for transferring employee personal data between the employer and the company trade union.
  2. Monitoring (video, mail, GPS) and the employer’s duties in this respect.
  3. Recruitment processes – what personal data can be collected and on what basis. Recruitment interviews and GDPR.
  4. Employee records – practical guidelines in the light of Articles 5 and 6 GDPR and changes in Polish law.

XII. Employment contract termination, remote employee termination, collective redundancy

  1. Employment contract termination – basic rules.
  2. Termination by notice or summary dismissal?
  3. Employment contract amendment and termination for employees working remotely.
  4. Special rules for employment contracts termination under collective redundancy.
  5. Redundancy Selection Criteria – what to look out for?

Do you have any questions? Contact us: perspektywyhr@pcslegal.pl

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