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20 September 2024
Employment of foreigners in Poland - first half of 2024

The Labour Market Department of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has published information on the employment of foreigners in Poland in the first half of 2024. The ministerial data confirm the trend of an increasing number of foreigners finding employment in Poland.

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19 September 2024
Rights of employees and employers in connection with floods

Special solutions in the sphere of labour law under the Flood Act apply in the area of municipalities affected by the September 2024 floods:

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17 September 2024
Labor Protection Council on the need for new health and safety regulations in the face of climate change

According to the current regulation on general occupational health and safety conditions, the temperature in work premises should be appropriate to the type of work performed. In principle, it should not be lower than 14°C, and in premises where light physical work is performed and in offices, not lower than 18°C.

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12 September 2024
The good name of an employer to be protected on the Internet

On August 30, 2024, the Sejm received a bill amending the Civil Procedure Code which is intended to make it easier to hold accountable those who anonymously infringe online personality rights (e.g., publishers of hateful posts on social networks).

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11 September 2024
Government plans to implement EU Artificial Intelligence Act

The assumptions of the Artificial Intelligence Systems Act have appeared in the List of Legislative and Programme Works of the Council of Ministers. It is intended to implement the so-termed AI Act, which we wrote about on our portal.

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5 September 2024
Another CJEU ruling on overtime for part-time workers

On 29 July 2024, the Court of Justice held that a rule under which part-time workers can only receive overtime pay for work exceeding the work time standard applicable to full-time workers constitutes unequal treatment of part-time workers which, if not justified by objective reasons, may be contrary to EU law (case ref. C-184/22 and C-185/22).

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