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11 April 2025
New HR and payroll system - changes on the horizon

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy is working on implementing  a central HR and payroll system, which aims to simplify and digitise employment-related processes. In an earlier post, we mentioned the work on this solution. Below we present some new and more detailed information on its implementation.

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9 April 2025
New Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) compensation rates for accidents at work and occupational diseases

From 1 April 2025 until 31 March 2026, new compensation rates will apply to persons who have suffered permanent or long-term impairments to their health as a result of an accident at work or an occupational disease. The amounts of compensation will depend on the degree of this impairment.

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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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