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The first reading has taken place of the parliamentary bill amending the Act on Restriction of Trade on Sundays and Holidays and on Certain Other Days and the Labour Code Act.
Main assumptions:
- Increase in the number of trading Sundays – trading to be possible:
- on the first and third Sunday of each calendar month,
- on the first Sunday in December and the following two Sundays before Christmas Day, with the exception of the Sunday falling on 24 December,
- on the Sunday immediately preceding the first day of Easter - or, if it is the first or third Sunday in the month, also on the Sunday preceding it.
Work on amending the act on assistance to citizens of Ukraine has reached a conclusion. On 10 June, the President signed a law that:
- broadens the range of persons covered by the Act, to include juvenile children of Ukrainian citizens and of their spouses,
- extends the legal stay of Ukrainian citizens until 30 September 2025,
- extends until 30 September 2025 the possibility of obtaining temporary residence permits for a period of 1 year to persons who have not met all the statutory requirements, but have declared a specific purpose for their stay in Poland,
On Wednesday, 5 June, 2024, the Senate submitted changes to the whistleblower bill adopted by the Sejm – removing labour law from the list of areas in which wrongdoing can be reported. The bill will now return to the Sejm, which will decide whether to approve the change made by the Senate.
A proposal was posted on the website of the Government Legislation Centre on 23 May, 2024, for a bill of 15 May, 2024, on allowing foreigners access to the employment market. The bill simplifies and systematises the system of employment of foreigners in Poland, and is intended to streamline the procedure for legitimising employment, and eliminate abuse by employers of employees who are not Polish nationals.
W czwartek 23 maja 2024 r. Sejm przyjął ustawę o ochronie sygnalistów implementującą do polskiego porządku prawnego dyrektywę Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady (UE) 2019/1937 z 23 października 2019 r. w sprawie ochrony osób zgłaszających naruszenia prawa Unii. Teraz ustawą zajmie się Senat.
Przepisy ustawy co do zasady mają wejść w życie po trzech miesiącach od jej ogłoszenia w Dzienniku Ustaw.
Legislative work is underway on an amendment to the Act amending the Accounting Act, the Act on Statutory Auditors, Audit Firms and Public Supervision and Certain Other Acts.
One of the objectives of the amendment is to implement the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which will result in a new obligation for employers to report on corporate sustainability. Depending on the number of employees, employers will be required to provide information on environmental, social and human rights issues and corporate governance. Analysis of the social issues will be important from an employment law perspective.