PRO HR March 2025

An employee may work for more than one employer simultaneously.

We fought over the above issue in one of our cases.

Employers often use third-party processors to perform various services.

This comes from a Supreme Administrative Court ruling dated 26 February 2025 (ref. II FSK 740/22).

Work is underway to expand the package of compulsory occupational medicine examinations.

In principle, the members of management boards are not liable for the debts of the company.

Last year, draft legislation partially implementing the Pay Transparency Directive emerged.

Authors

Łukasz Kuczkowski

Managing Partner / Attorney-at-law / Executive MBA

Since 2003, Łukasz has been supporting clients in the People & Culture area, in particular in the field of labour law, social security, compliance and forms of employee pension security.

In particular Łukasz specialises in:

  • hiring and firing of managers,
  • workforce restructuring, including collective redundancies,
  • collective bargaining agreements,
  • relations with trade unions,
  • employee pension provision (ECSs, EPPs, etc.),
  • employee compliance,
  • countering mobbing and discrimination.

Piotr Graczyk

Advocate / Partner

Since the beginning of 2014, Piotr has been supporting clients in the People & Culture area, in particular in the field of labour law and social security.

In particular Piotr specialises in:

  • strategic planning regarding the defence against employee claims,
  • advice on dismissals (including collective dismissals),
  • litigation of employment claims,
  • litigation in cases involving appeals against the Social Security Institution’s decisions,
  • implementation of procedures against mistreatment,
  • conducting internal investigations regarding mobbing, discrimination and other forms of mistreatment,
  • relations with trade unions.

Co-manages the firm’s litigation practice.

Dominika Dörre-Kolasa, PhD

Attorney-at-law / Partner

Since 2004, she has been an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Labour Law and Social Policy at the Jagellonian University. She is a well-regarded lecturer among students at the post-graduate courses of study in labour law at the Jagellonian University, the University of Warsaw and the University of Wrocław, where she lectures on personal data protection in employment, discrimination and selected aspects of collective labour law.

She supports clients in the field of labour law, including in particular the protection of personal rights, with special focus on mobbing and discrimination, and personal data protection in employment.

She advises multinational corporations and Polish employers.

Katarzyna Serwińska

Tax Advisor / Partner

Since 1992, Katarzyna has been supporting clients in the People & Culture area, in particular in the field of employee taxes and social security.

In particular Katarzyna specialises in:

  • taxation and social security contributions for foreigners working in Poland and Polish employees working abroad,
  • optimising the labour costs of management board members and senior managers,
  • implementing tax-optimal structures for the employment of employees in Poland (e.g. 50% copyright costs, B2B, civil-law contracts, etc.),
  • assessing the tax implications of granting cash and in-kind benefits to employees and non-employees, including share-based incentive schemes,
  • capital gains taxation.

 

Monika Czekanowicz

Attorney-at-law / Lawyer

Since 2013, Monika has been supporting clients in the People & Culture area, in particular in the field of labour law and social security, and occupational health and safety.

In particular Monika specialises in:

  • implementation of occupational health and safety management systems,
  • implementation of fire protection projects,
  • development of accident prevention, in particular premedical first aid procedures,
  • supporting diversity in the workplace,
  • countering mobbing and discrimination,
  • workforce restructuring, including collective redundancies.

Damian Tokarczyk, PhD

Advocate / Of counsel / Doctor of law

Damian has been dealing with criminal procedure law since 2013, representing suspects/defendants and victims before law enforcement agencies and courts. He has been working with Raczkowski since 2016.

In particular, Damian specialises in business criminal law (including criminal labour law) and other procedures of a similar nature. He also deals with other areas, including:

  • whistleblower protection and internal investigations,
  • administrative criminal proceedings,
  • misdemeanour proceedings,
  • inspections by the State Labour Inspectorate and other services,
  • prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing,
  • prevention of sexual offences.

Katarzyna Wilczyk

Attorney-at-law / Senior Lawyer

Since 2012, Katarzyna has been supporting clients in the People & Culture area, in particular in the field of labour law and social security.

In particular Katarzyna specialises in:

  • individual employment law,
  • countering mobbing and discrimination, including investigating mobbing and other undesirable behaviour in the workplace,
  • ongoing support for employers in the field of Compensation & Benefits,
  • litigation and disputes with the Social Security Institution (ZUS),
  • legal due diligence.