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16 July 2024
The regulation on artificial intelligence has been published!

On the 12 July 2024, the AI Act was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. It is the first comprehensive regulation that provides norms for the use of artificial intelligence. The regulation divides AI systems into four categories of risk: unacceptable, high, limited and low. 

The AI Act introduces a number of new obligations, including for entities that use high-risk AI systems (which may affect employers). These include:

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12 July 2024
Draft amendments to the Labour Code - seniority

On 9 July 2024, a draft bill on amendments to the Labour Code (UD59), dated 4 July 2024, was posted on the website of the Government Legislation Centre.

The draft extends the assumptions (which we wrote about here) to include the following:

  • periods of employment are to include:
    • training at a doctoral school,
    • receiving a sports scholarship,
    • drawing unemployment benefit,
    • running an individual farm or working on such a farm;
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9 July 2024
Deadline for providing employers with information on the size of trade unions

Trade unions have until Wednesday 10 July 2024 to submit information to employers on their size. The information is submitted as at 30 June 2024 and should include individuals:

  • employed under contracts of employment,
  • cooperating under civil law contracts.
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New draft law on collective labour agreements and collective accords

On 25 June 2024, a new draft law on collective labour agreements and collective accords dated 20 June 2024 was published (legislative work list number: UC34).

The proposed provisions are intended to replace in its entirety Section XI of the Labour Code, which currently regulates collective labour agreements.

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27 June 2024
Procedures for internal notifications to be introduced already in September

On 24 June 2024, the Whistleblowers’ Act was published in the Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland with most of its provisions taking effect on 25 September 2024.

Employers must now determine whether they are obligated to introduce procedures for internal notifications – we have prepared guidelines on how to check.

Text of the Law

 

25 June 2024
New database to record the entries and exits of foreigners

The Ministry of the Interior and Administration has announced that it will introduce a system in 2025 for registering the entries/exits of non-EU nationals who cross the Polish border.

The Polish registry is to be linked to the European EES system, which is responsible for registering the entries and exits of non-EU nationals at the European Union’s external borders.

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