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• Topic 1: Authorities have announced inspections in connection with remuneration co-financing

Companies that have benefited from co-financing for employee salaries due to the decline in economic turnover caused by COVID-19 can expect inspections. Their consequences can be severe.

• Topic 2: Draft changes to the Labour Code concerning the mobbing definition

The definition of mobbing will be changed to differentiate the amount of remuneration according to the employee's sex. The draft amendment was submitted to Sejm in early July.

• Topic 3: New bill: the powers of the State Labour Inspectorate (PIP) will be extended

The rules of posting workers and the way it is controlled by the Labour Inspectorate will change. The changes will apply to both sending employees to Poland and from Poland.

• Topic 4: Remote work according to the rules in place to date

Sejm extended the possibility of remote work for at least 3 months without changing the rules introduced at the beginning of the epidemic.

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• Topic 5: The Schrems II judgment and data transfers to the US 

The Privacy Shield cannot be treated as the basis for the transfer of personal data to the United States. This was the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the EU Schrems II judgment (C-311/18).

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