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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.