What is the newest issue of the employer newsletter about?

• The employer must check the legality of the stay of foreign workers and have documents on file to prove it

At the end of last year, the State Labour Inspection Service announced that it would carry out 60,000 inspections, covering 35,000 entities.

• We need to add a new part to the personnel file - "Part E" – if we want to check the sobriety of employees under the new regulations; and we put documents on remote work in Part B

21 March 2023 is the effective date of the obligation to add Part E to personnel files, in which employers will be required to include documents related to sobriety checks or checks for the presence of other substances if the result is positive, i.e. if it reveals the presence of alcohol or such substances.

• Occasional remote work for up to 24 days a year, at the request of the employee, which, however, is not binding, without the formalities associated with “regular” remote work.

It comes into effect as of April 7 this year. An employee may request it occasionally or incidentally, that is, for example, when there is a snowstorm, when they don’t feel well, or when they want to work from another location.

• New entitlements are being prepared for parents of children under the age of 8 - they can enjoy flexible work arrangements, cannot be ordered to work overtime or be posted off-site

The implementation of two EU directives - on transparent and predictable working conditions and on work-life balance for parents and carers - is imminent.

• Lack of criteria regarding personal circumstances in a job cut may expose the employer to a charge that the termination is contrary to the rules of social intercourse

The employer, when making partial job cuts within a professional group, is obliged to apply the criteria for selecting employees for termination of their employment contracts.

• Additional exemption from work for blood donors and blood donor candidates, up to 48 days a year!

The National Cancer Network Act permanently introduces two days of paid leave for a Distinguished Honorary Blood Donor and an Honorary Blood Donor.

• Lump sum calculator as a solution to correctly determine the amount of the lump sum

Agreeing on the performance of remote work with the employee is only the first step to properly regulate this work model in the company.

• Salaries and allowances

A regular section on current ratios, percentages, minimum salaries, and allowances for the month.