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Poland has passed a law providing co-financing aid for employee salaries during the COVID-19 crisis.

In December 2025, Poland cemented its position as the front-runner in the race to implement the EU Pay Transparency Directive, with new legislation coming into force and a comprehensive draft bill being published.

Poland is taking significant steps toward implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive. From 24 December 2025, new rules will apply to the recruitment process...

Hiring staff in Poland? Don't forget to leave some storage space. You may need to retain individual files on employees for decades longer than they'll hold on to your pay slips.

Adopted in 2019, the European Union Whistleblowing Directive marked a significant step toward standardised protection for whistleblowers across the EU.

The Polish Parliament has adopted an act that became effective 1 January 2019 and shortens the retention period of human resource files and allows them to be stored in an electronic form.

Following the amendments to the Polish Labor Code effective on 1 September 2016, an employee may start work only if beforehand

On 1 April 2015, an amendment to the Labour Code will come into force aimed at facilitating pre-employment health screening.

Due to the implementation of GDPR, new provisions have been added to the Polish Labor Code ("Act") which, among others, regulate the monitoring of employees. We present information...

Establishing employment in Poland requires employers to navigate a complex framework of pre-employment obligations, from medical certifications and safety training to proper documentation and internal regulations. Understanding these mandatory steps is crucial for legal compliance and effective workforce management, particularly when hiring foreign nationals who face additional verification requirements.

Resolving an employment dispute in an amicable way seems to be beneficial for both parties: the employer and the employee.

On 21 August 2015 an act amending the Polish Labour Code was published in the Journal of Laws.

The resolution of November 21, 2012 (III PZP 6/12) adopted by seven judges of the Supreme Court provides that trade union’s refusal to provide information on all employees protected by it does not release the employer from the duty to cooperate with such union in individual matters of such employees, if such information has been requested by the employer without a reasonable need.

Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) has recently ruled that an employer is not entitled to collect employees’ biometric data in the form of fingerprints in order to record employees’ entrance and exits times, even if the employees consent.

A group of members of Parliament has published a draft bill to transpose part of the European Union (EU) Pay Transparency Directive. While separate from the government's own initial actions...

Under the provisions of Polish law employers are entitled to obtain their employees’ personal data.

Poland’s Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) has recently ruled that an employer is not entitled to collect employees’ biometric data in the form of fingerprints in order to record employees’ entrance and exits times, even if the employees consent.