Employers in Poland are now able to require
employees to work remotely until three months after the state of
'epidemiological threat' relating to coronavirus, or the
epidemic itself, is declared over.
Employers will be able to require employees to work remotely for
the duration of the Covid-19 epidemiological threat or the
epidemic, and also for three months after they are declared over.
Up to now, instructing employees to work remotely was only allowed
until 4 September 2020.
The Journal of Laws, introducing this change was published on 20
August 2020. The possibility of this extended period of remote work
was provided for in the act of 24 July 2020 on amending the act on
posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services
and certain other acts (Journal of Laws of 2002, item 1423).
