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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.
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.
The State Labour Inspectorate (PIP) plans to carry out 55,000 audits in 2025. According to information presented at the end of last year in the Sejm, one of the key areas of these audits will be the legality of employing foreign citizens in Poland, which is assigned strategic importance.
The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has set up a team to prepare solutions to support parents who suffer a miscarriage or the death of a child shortly after birth. The ministry wants to simplify the current legal procedures so that this group of parents receives care and is not burdened with unnecessary formalities.
A non-binary person was dismissed from their job at a casino after refusing to comply with the employer’s dress code (heavy make-up, painted nails, elegant high-heeled shoes). The employer was sued for, among other things, compensation for breaching the principle of equal treatment in employment, as male employees in a similar position were only required to have a "neat appearance" – male croupiers could have stubble or long hair at work.
The Labour Market Department at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has published data on the employment of foreign citizens in Poland for 2024. These statistics confirm that the number of foreign citizens finding employment in Poland continues to grow.