flash news: #equal treatment
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 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.
On Friday June 19, The Sejm has passed a bill amending the provisions of the Labour Code on mobbing and non-discrimination. Key changes include the introduction of a simplified definition of mobbing, an obligation on employers with at least 10 employees to adopt an anti-mobbing and anti-discrimination policy, and the establishment of minimum compensation for victims of mobbing amounting to six times the minimum wage. We have described the draft bill extensively on our website.
On 3 February, a bill was published of changes to regulations on preventing mobbing and employer obligations regarding work regulations and internal notices.
The Sejm has received a bill to amend the Labour Code to repeal the obligation to use gender-neutral job titles and to formulate job advertisements in accordance with the criteria of linguistic neutrality.
A bill aimed at strengthening the application of the right to equal pay for men and women for equal work or work of equal value has been published on the website of the Government Legislation Centre. The bill introduces a number of regulations designed to increase pay transparency and ensure pay equality, particularly, in the context of gender difference.