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Today, 25 September 2024, most provisions of the Whistleblower Protection Act, including those concerning internal reporting, come into force. Accordingly, entities employing, as of 1 January or 1 July of a given year, at least 50 persons, will be required, among other things, to implement an internal reporting procedure.
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.
Special solutions in the sphere of labour law under the Flood Act apply in the area of municipalities affected by the September 2024 floods:
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.
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).
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.