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More than six months after it was first drafted, today (on 7 January 2025) the bill has been placed before the Sejm (lower house of Polish parliament).
The bill includes, among other things:
- higher penalties for illegally engaging foreigners to work in Poland
- streamlining and fully digitalising procedures involving the legalisation of foreigners’ work in Poland.
The government has withdrawn a controversial proposal to make it compulsory to employ foreign citizens solely under employment contracts, which aroused strong objections from employers and industry organisations. The change, imposed by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, would have made it compulsory to employ a foreign citizen under an employment contract in situations where the basis for employment was a work permit or a statement on entrusting work to a foreign citizen. Critics argued that the regulation would reduce the flexibility of the labour market and increase the shadow economy.
The Social Security Institution (ZUS) has authorised the verification of receipts presented by employees for employer-funded lunches via a special app.
A group of Members of Parliament (MPs) sent a question to the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy (MRPiPS) regarding a possible revision of the regulations. The ministry has replied that it does not intend to make amendments to the regulations setting the minimum amount of the subsidy for eyeglasses and corrective lenses.
The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy is working on a draft of amendments to Labour Code provisions on bullying.
According to a Ministry press communique,
A parliamentary bill amending the Labour Code has been submitted, which aims to increase salary transparency. The proposed solutions are based on EU Directive 2023/970, about which we wrote here.
The draft establishes the general principle of salary transparency during an employment relationship, as well as prior to its establishment.