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New HR and Payroll regulations for the year 2016
New HR and Payroll regulations for the year 2016 1. For this coming year, 2016, the minimum wage has been increased to 1,850 PLN (approx. 450 EURO) for a full-time job. 2. The rules for temporary contracts and the related notice periods, are changed as follows. As of 22nd February,...
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Any company which organises an event can offset the expenses for tax purposes
Any company which organises a company event can offset the expenses occurred under certain conditions for tax purposes. By contrast, an employee who participates in a business celebration or event should not receive any monetary benefit, which would then be taxable.
Working time regulation, if a public holiday happens to be a day off
If a public holiday happens to be a day off, mostly this will have the result, that in the case of a five-day week employees have the right to another day off. This is due to the method used in the Working Time Regulations to calculate the working time. According...
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Increased contributions for self-employed and business owners
Social security payments for self-employed and business owners will be increased by 5.9% next year. This is because the average earnings will rise to PLN 3,966.00 in 2015, according to the draft budget provided by the government. Unlike employees, for which social security contributions depends on the amount of their...
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Duties of the employer to pensioners
The employer is obligated to collect and store all documentation necessary for granting payments of pensions. If there are any irregularities by drawing up certificates, or the collecting and managing of documents, the employer bears the complete responsibility. For example: If an incorrectly completed certification would lead to the pensioners...
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Changes to the minimum wage for 2015
The minimum wage for 2015 has been agreed. According to the regulation from the Council of Ministers on 11 September, 2014 the minimum wage in 2015 will be the amount of 1,750.00 PLN per month- gross (currently the minimum wage is 1,680.00 PLN per month – gross). This regulation will...
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The grant of vacations
September deadline for overdue vacations It is obligatory that vacations has to serve recovery. Therefore the employee not only has the right to recover, but the duty to enable it. This results in the statutory regulation of the deadline to grant vacations and of the restriction that a part of...
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Work abandonment – Legal aspects
Abandonment does not terminate the contract – legal aspects The perspective of starting new employment, often on more favourable conditions than the previous ones, at times encourages employees to immediately leave the current employer. Sometimes an argument that urges them to abandon work is the requirement to start employment at...
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Tax Equalisation in Poland
Polish companies often turn to tax equalisation rules from abroad, who do not comply with the tax and legal requirements of Polish law. Recently, the accumulation of recent cases in which employees seconded abroad, were questioning their claims arising from the adjustment of tax accounted for by the regulations in...
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Partially funded non-cash benefits are exempt from social security
The Polish Social Security authorities have published a number of positive decisions regarding the exemption from social security and health insurance contributions for benefits in kind, which partially covers the cost of an employee. According to the provisions on social and health insurance, the value of benefits in kind may...
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