Changes in labour law EU legislators are constantly working on bringing the working and pay conditions in the Member States in compliance with each other as much as possible. A directive on gender balance on company boards was published in December 2022. In addition, further work is underway on a...
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Minimum wage Download » The minimum wage will increase twice in 2023. From 1 January 2023, the minimum wage will be PLN 3,600 gross at the beginning of July. The minimum hourly rate will increase accordingly, from 1 January it will be PLN 23.50 gross. The increase in the minimum...
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Remote work and sobriety control The government’s bill to amend the Act – Labor Code and certain other acts concerning remote working and sobriety control is already in the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament – the Sejm. The draft predicts the complete removal of regulations on telework and its’...
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Easier procedure for Belarusian citizens to obtain a temporary residence permit As of 9 July 2022, a regulation is in force that introduces an easier procedure for Belarusian citizens to obtain a temporary residence permit. It aims to help Belarusian citizens affected by various types of repression in their country....
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A draft law on the employment of foreigners has appeared on the website of the Governmental Legislation Centre, which aims to streamline procedures for entrusting work to foreigners in Poland, reduce the backlog of cases being handled by offices, as well as the full electronicisation of proceedings. The leading change...
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In the logstep of the war in Ukraine, special provisions have been introduced to facilitate legal residence and work in Poland for the citizens of that country. Below, we present you with a summary of the most important information regarding the employment of Ukrainian citizens. Legal employment 1. A citizen...
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Providing employees with free meals has been one of the most popular employee benefits in recent years. Most often companies offer their employees breakfast, lunch or fruits, but other meals are also popular in the offers of entrepreneurs. Can the purchase of food products for employees and contractors be a...
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Giving small gifts to employees on special occasions is now a standard practice in many companies. Employers more and more often give gifts to their employees on the occasion of their birthday, name day, wedding or birth of a child. Should such a gift be included in the employee’s income...
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From 1 January 2021 the regulation setting out new template forms of notification of concluded contracts for specific tasks shall come into force. This regulation was introduced as a result of amendments to the Act on the social insurance system imposed by the Anti-Crisis Shield 1.0. As a result of...
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From 1 October 2020 the currently used VAT-7 and VAT-7K declarations will be replaced by one electronic document JPK_VAT which is: JPK_V7M – for taxpayers who have declared monthly VAT settlements, or JPK_V7K – for taxpayers who have declared quarterly VAT settlements. The new JPK_VAT was supposed to come into...
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