publications - Labour and employment law

The Supreme Court of Poland recently held that providing a truck driver with a berth in a sleeper cab in the vehicle for use during international transport does not constitute “free lodging” and thus requires the employer to pay the driver a lodging allowance. This interpretation may prove costly not only for transport companies.

Łukasz Lasek, Agnieszka Lisiecka 

Employment, migration and social insurance rules make assignment abroad an attractive solution for foreign employers to leverage human capital for quick and effective launch or growth of operations in Poland.

Magdalena Świtajska 

The amendment to the Personal Data Protection Act that went into force on 1 January 2015 introduced a number of changes, the most important of which involve the method of registering personal data filing systems, the role of data protection officers, and the rules for transfer of data to third countries.

Sylwia Paszek, Agnieszka Szydlik, Katarzyna Żukowska

In today’s knowledge-based economy, consolidations of enterprises are common—sometimes even between competitors. Employment reductions are a natural part of any consolidation, but are a source of legal risks for merging competitors. Such risks are hard to eliminate, but does it have to end in stalemate? Dr Szymon Kubiak

New simplifications for employers, end of the L4 form and more rights for working parents.

Minimum wage in 2015, end of restrictions related to working on a day off and wider range of offenses punishable under the Act on Trade Unions.