The Legal 500

On 1 March 2013, new regulations on the compensation due to employee on account of business travel entered into force, replacing two separate regulations which had applied so far to domestic and abroad business trips, respectively. They not only apply to employees of public sector entities, but also to those working for private sector entities, if those matters are not regulated in collective labour agreements or remuneration regulations.

With recent amendments to Poland's Labour Law, the minimum gross salary has been raised, the obligation to notify regional labour inspectors and competent sanitary inspectors of certain business-related activities and developments has been abolished, and a new equivalent factor for determining the payments due to employees for holidays unused in kind has been introduced. In addition, amendments have been proposed that would impact the length of maternity, parental and childcare leave, govern the use of flexible working hours, and prolong the maximum settlement period to 12 months. This survey provides an overview of these developments and the proposed amendments.

Constitutional Tribunal

On 2 October 2012, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal issued a judgment stating that the currently applied principles of settling bank holidays that fall on non-working days other than Sunday infringe the Constitution.

DZP is pleased topresent a Polish section of the „RedundancyLaw in Europe” book published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. The Polish chapterwas prepared by a lawyer from DZP - Łukasz Kuczkowski.