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The deregulation committee has held the first reading of the government’s draft amendments to the Trade Unions Act and the Act on Informing and Consulting Employees.
On 30 July 2026, the president signed the anti-bullying bill into law.
The new regulations define workplace bullying as being persistent harassment of an employee, regardless of the consequences of it, a perpetrator’s motive, or the identity of the bully. A culprit can be a line manager, a colleague, or a group of persons. Employers of more than 10 persons will be required to define in staff regulations, or in a separate document, rules for preventing workplace bullying.
On 30 July 2026, the President signed the act implementing the EU's "Women on Boards" Directive, but at the same time referred it for ex post (subsequent) review by the Constitutional Tribunal.
Further provisions of the EU's AI Act come into force on 2 August. They focus on transparency in the use of artificial intelligence.
On Tuesday, 21 July 2026, the Constitutional Tribunal received a request from the President of the Republic of Poland for a review of the constitutionality of an amendment to the National Labour Inspectorate Act. It should be noted that, although the President signed the amendment in April, he simultaneously announced that he would be referring certain new provisions to the Constitutional Tribunal as part of a follow-up audit.
On 8 July 2026, the Senate passed in full the amendment to the Labour Code that is known as the anti-mobbying Act and it is now to be signed by the president. On Tuesday 7 July, the senate committee on legislation, the family, senior citizens, social policy, human rights, and the rule of law had had recommended it be adopted without change.