Member states must implement the EU Work-Life Balance
Directive by 2 August 2022. Poland has published draft legislation,
but current indications suggest it may not meet this
deadline.
By 2 August this year, Poland must implement the so-called
Work-Life Balance Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life
balance for parents and carers).
One of the basic premises of the Directive is to promote
measures in the area of equality between men and women with regard
to labour market opportunities and treatment at work. This
objective is to be achieved by measures which encourage men to
share childcare responsibilities equally, including, among other
measures, the introduction by Member States of a non-transferable
period of at least two months of parental leave. This means that if
a parent does not use this leave, the other parent will not be able
to use it.
