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4 April 2025
Supreme Court: Termination of a contract of employment by serving notice should not be delayed

The Supreme Court has ruled that when assessing the legitimacy of termination of a contract by serving notice the date on which the employer became aware of the situation that justify such termination is relevant.

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1 April 2025
The number of foreigners registered with the Polish Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) is on the increase

Social security statistics released for the end of last year show that almost 1.2 m foreigners (1 192.9 thousand, an increase of 65.1 thousand on 2023) were registered with ZUS. The largest group of people registered for social security are Ukrainian citizens, followed by people from Belarus and Georgia.

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25 March 2025
Subsidies for hiring senior citizens under new rules

Last week, the parliament finally adopted the Act on the Labor Market and Employment Services, which provides for new rules in the granting of subsidies to employers for employing senior citizens.

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20 March 2025
The Sejm made a final decision on increasing penalties for employers

On March 13, the Senate removed from the law on the conditions for employing foreigners those provisions that would have increased penalties for employers breaching labor laws, and those introducing a new type of an offence by an employer.

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19 March 2025
New Leave for parents of newborns starts today

On  March 19  an amendment to the Labor Code comes into effect which provides  supplementary maternity leave. The new regulations will permit parents of hospitalized newborns—both premature and full-term—to take additional time off for care.

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13 March 2025
Ministry analysis of the possibility of reducing working time

The Director of the Labour Law Department informs us that the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy is analysing reducing working time. The ministry has also requested institutes to research how long an employee is able to work effectively in a day. In addition, commercial analyses are being undertaken as to the cost of reducing working time.

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