Significant Changes To Polish Labor Law (October 1, 2019)

This is part three of the article presenting amendments to Polish labor law. This part reviews amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure and their effects on employers. Part one is avaliable here and part two is available here.

The Code of Civil Procedure was amended by the Act of 4 July 2019. Most of the amendments will take effect on 7 November 2019, however, some of them (including the ones relating to court fees in civil law cases) were enacted already on 21 August 2019. 

What will change in labor law proceedings and social insurance proceedings? 

Continued employment on the basis of rulings handed down by the court of first instance

An important change introduced by the amendment will include an option to impose on the employer an obligation to continue to employ an employee until the proceedings are finally concluded. The court will have the right to impose the obligation, at the request of the employee, in the final ruling handed down by the court