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Jakub Wysocki

The Polish construction market has seen impressive growth in recent years, and future forecasts remain optimistic. The value of the construction market is expected to exceed 400 billion PLN by 2026. Key factors supporting this growth include EU funds, public investments, and large infrastructure projects, such as the Central Communication Port and High-Speed Rail. Among the challenges the market faces are rising material costs, a shortage of skilled workers, and geopolitical uncertainty. Our law firm, with years of experience in providing legal and tax advice to investors and contractors in the construction sector, offers support for the implementation of investment projects.

Jakub Wysocki

The issue of noise in urban spaces stems from the lack of cohesion in spatial planning and the improper separation of residential, industrial, logistical, and natural areas. This leads to numerous consequences, such as neighborhood conflicts, increased costs for businesses, and a higher number of administrative and civil proceedings. Administrative authorities have tools that can significantly affect business operations, and civil courts allow neighbors to pursue compensation claims. Proper planning, analysis of strategic documents, and the implementation of modern technological solutions to reduce noise are key to minimizing this problem.

Robert Suligowski

The upcoming Pay Transparency Directive requires employers to verify mandate contracts to avoid legal risks associated with their appearance. Find out why aligning forms of employment with actual working conditions is now crucial.

Zofia Kwiatkowska

Jakub Wysocki

Pay transparency is becoming one of the most important topics that will shape the labor market in Poland in the coming years. This is the first article in a series on the EU Pay Transparency Directive, in which we will discuss step by step the most important issues, responsibilities and challenges related to the implementation of these regulations. We are, of course, talking about Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10.05.2023 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms. Today we will zoom in on the first key aspects, such as the deadline for implementation in Poland, the personal scope of the Directive and the basic obligations of employers.

Paula Staszak-Urbańska

The Polish labour code provides special rights for pregnant women. For many employers, understanding their obligations towards pregnant employees is crucial as it ensures legal security on one hand, and strengthens the positive image and culture of their organization on the other.

Remote work, about which we have been writing so much on our blog lately, although it went into effect more than a week ago, is still quite controversial. In addition to the obligation to prepare appropriate implementation documentation, employers are mainly wondering how to determine a lump sum for remote work.

Karolina Barałkiewicz-Sokal

In April 2024, a year passed since the supplementation of the work-life balance directive to the Polish Labour Code Act of 26 June 1974 (i.e. Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1465; hereinafter: ,,Labour Code”). One of the key elements of the changes to the labour legislation was the introduction of carer’s leave and force majeure leave. It is therefore worth summarising how these regulations function in practice and what are the most common doubts of employers related to their application.

Zofia Kwiatkowska

An employer cannot allow an employee to work without a current medical certificate stating the absence of contraindications to work in a specific position. Therefore, a medical opinion is one of the crucial documents that the employer should possess before allowing an employee to work. However, there are situations that require employers to exercise special caution in this regard, such as the need to appeal a medical opinion or the necessity for additional (extraordinary) referral of an employee for preventive examinations. Additionally, we would like to remind you that the deadline for completing overdue medical examinations is approaching, the validity of which has been extended based on the so-called COVID regulations.