PRO HR Year Book 2025

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Annual highlights of the most important People & Culture legal updates

Work on implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive has accelerated significantly

Poland speeds up EU pay transparency: new duties from 2025, more in 2026

New rules on determining length of service

New rules add civil contracts/B2B periods to length of service from 2026

New obligations concerning equal treatment, protection of personal rights and preventing mobbing

Labour Code update: tougher anti-discrimination/mobbing rules and minimum awards

PIP reform: why sometimes the absence of a decision to act is also a decision

PIP reform returns under NRRP pressure; focus shifts to real-world contract use

The National Labour Inspectorate is increasingly active (including criminally)

PIP ramps up digital inspections and personal fines for labour law breaches

A major reform of immigration law

New foreign work law: more digitisation and controls, but few practical gains

Securing an employee’s claim by ordering continued employment does not cover change notices

Interim continued-employment orders don’t apply to change-of-terms notices

Progress in the digitalisation of employee records and occupational health and safety documentation

HR & OHS paperwork goes digital: more employee processes can run fully online

A template data processing agreement with a payroll services provider is not enough

UODO: payroll outsourcing needs real risk checks—templates won’t prevent fines

Managing diversity: intergenerational teams

Managing multigenerational teams: tailor leadership, avoid stereotypes, boost value

PRO HR Year Book 2025