flash news - Labour and employment law

A bill (no 2642) providing for the addition of point 5 to the current Article 28(1) of the Trade Union Act of 23 May 1991 is currently under deliberation in the lower house of parliament (Sejm). According to the new provision, the employer will be obliged, at the request of a company trade union to provide information on: "parameters, rules and instructions on which algorithms or artificial intelligence systems are based, which influence decision-making and which may affect working and pay conditions, access to employment and its maintenance, including profiling".

The proposed amendment is expected to enter into force 14 days after publication.

Legislative stage: the bill was referred to committee for its first reading.

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Work is underway on a draft bill on professional activity (list number: UD399). Its proposals are to replace the current Act of 20 April 2004 on employment promotion and labour market institutions starting on 1 January 2023.

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.

A draft law on the employment of foreigners has appeared on the Council of Ministers' legislative work list. It assumes the transfer to a draft law of provisions on work permits, which are currently in the Employment Promotion and Labour Market Institutions Act.

The Council of Ministers adopted a decree on the minimum wage and minimum hourly rate in 2023.

As of January 1, 2023, the minimum wage will increase to PLN 3,490 gross, and as of July 1 next year to PLN 3,600 gross.

At the same time, the minimum hourly wage in 2023 will increase to PLN 22.80 gross from January 1 and to PLN 23.50 gross from July 1, respectively.

Less than a month after increasing per diems for domestic business travel, the Ministry of Family and Social Policy presented a new ordinance proposal that further increases the per diem rate applicable to domestic business travel from PLN 38 to PLN 45. This increase is justified by the current economic situation and the 2023 inflation forecast.