What are the forms of employment? in Poland, the most common forms of employment relationship are still the employment contract and the contract of mandate. By the contract of mandate the party accepting the mandate undertakes to perform a specific juridical act for the principal. What is important in a contract of mandate is the...Read More
What do you need to know? Polish labor law is regulated by legal acts – including, in particular, the Labor Code, which comprehensively regulates the basic and most important issues related to employee rights and employer’s obligations. Labor law is also regulated by collective labor agreements concluded between employers or their organizations and trade union...Read More
In Poland, a company can be established in two ways – the traditional mode (the articles of association are signed at a notary) and the online mode – the documents are prepared and signed remotely, online, in the S24 system. Each time after the company is incorporated, it must be registered with the National Court...Read More
How to register a company in Poland? In order to establish a company in Poland, it is necessary not only to sign articles of association and additional documents, but most importantly to register the company in the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register kept by the commercial divisions of the district courts. Applications...Read More
On June 20, 2019, two important directives of the European Parliament and the EU Council were adopted: The Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions in the European Union, which establishes minimum rights applicable to every worker in the Union who is party to an employment contract and Work-life balance directive for parents and caregivers,...Read More
When? The Government’s draft regulation of remote work dated June 2022 is waiting to be passed by the Parliament. The planned date for the changes to enter in force is August 1, 2022. The bill is currently at the first reading in Parliament, hence it is unlikely that the Labour Code will be amended by...Read More
Whistleblowers are individuals who publicize illegal or fraudulent practices in a company or other irregularities that they discover. Until now, whistleblowers have not been subject to any protection in relation to their actions and, consequently, have been exposed to negative reactions, so the need for legal mechanisms for their protection has been recognized in the...Read More
For the people starting their business in Poland most important is the legislation related to allowed methods and forms of the economy activity in Poland. Since 1989, the political changes in Poland, there was serval acts related to the economy activity in Poland. In consequence of legislation changes there remain two basics acts which state...Read More
In accordance with Article 64 of the Accounting Act the annual consolidated financial statements of groups of companies or partnerships as well as the annual financial statements of the following are subject to audit and publication, provided that they continue their operations: banks, insurance and reinsurance companies; credit union undertakings operating under the legal regulations...Read More
All entrepreneurs in Poland are subject to being entered either in the Central Registration and Information on Economic Activity (CEIDG) or the register of entrepreneurs of the National Court Register (KRS), so in order to perform certain types of economic activity in Poland it may be obligatory to undergo a registration procedure. The registration process...Read More
