{"id":70589,"date":"2025-01-31T12:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raczkowski-wp.inprogra.dev\/en\/?p=70589"},"modified":"2025-07-14T14:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T12:00:16","slug":"pro-hr-yearbook-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/pro-hr-yearbook-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"PRO HR Year Book 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>We discuss current and practical issues in the area of our main practices: labour law, business crime &amp; compliance, immigration &amp; global mobility, court cases, employee taxes, remunerations (comp &amp; ben), occupational health and safety, personal data protection, and diversity, equity &amp; inclusion (DEI).<\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/counteracting-workplace-bullying\/\"><strong>Topic 1: Counteracting workplace bullying<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The obligation to counteract workplace bullying rests with the employer and arises from the fundamental requirement to respect the employee\u2019s dignity. This is one of the key obligations of each employer in Poland.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/mediation-in-employment-cases\/\"><strong>Topic 2: Mediation in employment cases<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mediation is one of the methods of resolving disputes which is gaining importance in the Polish legal system. Regulated by the Civil Procedure Code, mediation aims to enable parties to reach agreement in a less formal, faster, and more flexible way than a standard court procedure. Mediation may be used in both civil cases, including labour law cases, and in business cases.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/the-whistleblower-protection-act-is-already-in-force\/\"><strong>Topic 3: The Whistleblower Protection Act is already in force<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the last member state of the European Union, Poland has implemented the EU Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law. The Whistleblower Protection Act which was adopted on 14 June 2024 introduced a\u00a0protection regime for persons who report breaches in several areas of law. It also put an obligation on employers with at least 50 employees to implement procedures to make internal reports. All provisions of the Act have come into effect and must be complied with.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/the-directive-on-pay-transparency-what-awaits-us\/\"><strong>Topic 4: The Directive on Pay Transparency \u2013 what awaits us?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The European Union member states, including Poland, have time until 7 June 2026 to implement the Directive on Pay Transparency (\u201cthe Directive\u201d). The Directive imposes an obligation to apply mechanisms of transparency of pay and tools for its enforcement in order to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/storing-applicants-data-after-completed-recruitment\/\"><strong>Topic 5: Storing applicants\u2019 data after completed recruitment<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Data can be stored for the period of three years after the completed recruitment. This was confirmed in February 2024\u00a0by the Supreme Administrative Court. The President of the Personal Data Protection Office has disagreed with this assessment and in one of administrative decisions he stated that personal data should be deleted immediately after the completed recruitment and then filed a last resort appeal against the judgement favourable for the data controller.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/dei-becomes-more-and-more-appreciated\/\"><strong>Topic 6: DEI becomes more and more appreciated<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the recent years Polish employers (in particular larger ones) have begun to notice the significance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). This was clear in 2024 and it is predicted that this trend will continue in the next few years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/the-effect-of-changes-in-judicial-practice-on-employee-incentive-schemes\/\"><strong>Topic 7: The effect of changes in judicial practice on Employee Incentive Schemes<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Employee incentive schemes based on shares are an effective tool to attract and retain talents. They also motivate employees to long-term involvement in the development of the company. Companies, in particular international ones, are keen to implement them and include employees of their branches in Poland.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/reprotoxic-substances-in-the-working-environment\/\"><strong>Topic 8: Reprotoxic substances in the working environment<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Harmful effect of reprotoxic substances on sexual function and fertility in adult males and females, as well as on the development of their offspring resulted in adopting in 9 March 2022 the Directive (EU) 2022\/431 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Directive 2004\/37\/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work. More than two years later, on 29 June 2024, the regulations of the Directive 2022\/431 were implemented in the Polish law.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raczkowski.eu\/en\/2024-in-immigration\/\"><strong>Topic 9: 2024 in immigration<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last year was marked mainly by another amendment of the regulations relating to the citizens of Ukraine who arrived to Poland due to the war. The change in the ruling party brought also modifications in the visa system and the draft immigration strategy for 2025-2030. New draft laws on concerning regulations on the legalisation of employment and residence of foreigners in Poland were presented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We discuss current and practical issues in the area of our main practices: labour law, business crime &amp; compliance, immigration &amp; global mobility, court cases, employee taxes, remunerations (comp &amp; ben), occupational health and safety, personal data protection, and diversity, equity &amp; inclusion (DEI). 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