flash news: #special solutions

7 March 2025
Ministerial announcement: less paperwork for employees who lose a newborn

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has set up a team to prepare solutions to support parents who suffer a miscarriage or the death of a child shortly after birth. The ministry wants to simplify the current legal procedures so that this group of parents receives care and is not burdened with unnecessary formalities.

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5 February 2025
No charging of full social security contributions on contracts of mandate

The government has abandoned its plan to make all contracts of mandate subject to social security contributions, regardless of the level of income. This decision is part of a revision of the National Reconstruction Plan, aimed at avoiding the risk of losing EU recovery funds.

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31 January 2025
The ministry has announced priorities for Poland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union

The beginning of the new year marked the start of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union which will last until the end of June 2025. In connection with this, the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy has announced the ministry's priorities for this period. The ministry will focus on three pillars in its work at the EU level:

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23 January 2025
Employers will have to estimate their employees’ metabolic rates

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy is proposing new regulations on maximum temperatures in workplaces. They will require employers to estimate their employees’ metabolic rates, which means collecting information about their height, weight and age, in accordance with Polish Standards

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21 January 2025
Draft bill to amend mobbing legislation published

A draft bill to amend the Labour Code with regard to mobbing has been published on the Government’s Legislation Centre’s website. We wrote about the objectives of the planned reform on our portal last week.

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14 January 2025
The government is working on a platform for electronic employment contracts

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy is developing a platform for micro-entrepreneurs, individuals and farmers that would allow the drafting of key employment-related documents online using ready-made templates.

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