flash news: #work time
On 19 October 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that making payment of the remuneration supplement conditional on an identical number of hours worked by part-time and full-time employees constitutes an unacceptable differentiation that, unless justified by objective reasons, is contrary to EU law.
On 22 September 2022, a parliamentary draft law amending certain bills to establish a 35-hour work week was published on the Sejm website.
This draft law regarding amendments to the Labour Code provides for a gradual reduction of the weekly work time norm from an average of 40 hours to an average of 35 hours, while maintaining the current level of remuneration. On the other hand, weekly work time, including overtime hours, is not expected to exceed an average of 43 hours in the adopted reference period.
Until 30 September 2022, as long as it does not affect drivers’ working conditions and the level of road safety, derogations on working time of drivers carrying out national and international road haulage of goods in the Republic of Poland can be applied: