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12 September 2024
The good name of an employer to be protected on the Internet

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).

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11 September 2024
Government plans to implement EU Artificial Intelligence Act

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.

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5 September 2024
Another CJEU ruling on overtime for part-time workers

On 29 July 2024, the Court of Justice held that a rule under which part-time workers can only receive overtime pay for work exceeding the work time standard applicable to full-time workers constitutes unequal treatment of part-time workers which, if not justified by objective reasons, may be contrary to EU law (case ref. C-184/22 and C-185/22).

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29 August 2024
Remote working - new studies following more than a year of remote working in Poland

Two days from the office and three days from home - this is the most popular remote working model across Europe, according to a recent CBRE study. The report from the study published in July (European Office Occupier Sentiment Survey 2024) indicated that 70% of employees work from the office for two or three days and only 7% work from home four days a week.

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28 August 2024
EU Blue Card: List of professions whose practice results in recognition of higher professional qualifications for foreigners

On 30 July 2024, the following was published on the website of the Government Legislation Centre: supplementary material to the draft Act on amending the Act on foreigners and certain other acts (UC15). It includes an annex to aRegulation of the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration with a list of professions the practice of which results in the recognition of higher professional qualifications obtained by a foreigner.

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27 August 2024
Minimum wage bill

Yesterday, the website of the Government’s Legislation Centre published a new draft bill on minimum wages. Its purpose is to implement Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union.

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