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20 November 2024
Wage spreads mandatory in every job advertisement?

According to emerging information, already at the current session of the Sejm, MPs of the governing coalition are expected to bring a bill obliging employers to publish salary spreads in every job advertisement. This requirement would apply in both the public and private sectors.

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15 November 2024
Draft ‘anti-hater’ law: an opportunity for employers to protect personal rights on the Internet

The Sejm has started work on an MP bill on amending the Civil Procedure Code Act and certain other acts – the so-called ‘anti-hater law’. As indicated by promoters of the draft law, the aim of the bill is to introduce the institution of ‘blind actions’ - a special regime of civil proceedings for the protection of personal rights.

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14 November 2024
Residence permit procedures finally in electronic form?

On 8 November, the Prime Minister’s Office published on its website a new draft bill on Amendments to the Act on Foreigners and Certain Other Acts (UD163) introducing greater digitalisation to procedures for applying for:

- temporary stay

- permanent residence

- stay of a long-term EU resident.

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13 November 2024
Failure to promptly report an absence may be grounds for a disciplinary dismissal

The Szczecin District Court found that, despite the justified nature of an employee’s absence, failure to inform the employer promptly of the absence was a legitimate reason for terminating the employee’s employment without notice following his return from sick leave.

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7 November 2024
The introduction of civil unions will affect provisions of the Labor Code

The bill introducing the Registered Civil Unions Act, published in October, proposes a number of changes to the Labor Code to bring existing regulations in line with the new institution of family law.

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5 November 2024
The Council of Ministers has adopted a bill on complementary maternity leave

On 29 October 2024, the government adopted a bill on new entitlement for working parents - complementary maternity leave. The leave is to be granted to parents of premature babies and babies requiring hospitalisation after birth. The additional leave will be up to 8 or up to 15 weeks, depending on the period of hospitalisation, the week of pregnancy in which the child is born, or birth weight.

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