Ordinal responsibility of employees is one of three types of responsibility that rests with the employee. It includes the employee's compliance with the established organization and order in the work process, occupational health and safety regulations, fire...
In the judgment of April 9, 2024, the Provincial Administrative Court in Kraków (III SA/Kr 1750/23) recalled that the concept of "occupational disease" is therefore a legal concept with a statutory definition. The above-mentioned provision states that in order to...
Liability for property entrusted to an employee by the employer is regulated in Articles 124-127 of the Labor Code. For liability to arise, the property must be entrusted to the employee with the obligation to return it. The employee is responsible for the full...
The concept and scope of responsibility Employee liability is all personal and property consequences provided for by law due to non-performance or improper performance of employee duties. It is divided into organizational and material liability, which includes...
Just 4 years ago, remote work, although practiced, was a kind of employee exotic. The pandemic experience has led to a sharp increase in people working remotely. Currently, it is practically equivalent to the traditional form of work. The legislator, who regulated...
In certain situations, from the employer's point of view, it is beneficial to limit the possibility of taking up additional work by its employees, e.g. for fear of physical fatigue of the employee, distraction related to other paid work, or due to personal limits...
The employee's rights and the employer's resulting obligations would be purely fictitious if there were no institutions supervising their implementation. In addition to labor courts, which generally ensure compliance with labor law standards, supervision is...
In the decision of February 22, 2023 (I PSK 48/22), the Supreme Court stated that recognizing the termination of an illegally concluded long-term fixed-term employment contract upon the expiry of the period for which it was concluded (Article 30 § 1 point 4 of the...
The amendment to the Labor Code, which entered into force on April 7, 2023, structured the institution of remote work in the Polish legal system. The urgent need to regulate the status of remote work resulted from the significant spread of this form of work during...
According to the Labor Code, working time is the time during which the employee is at the employer's disposal or in another place designated for work (Article 128 of the Labor Code). Labor law protects employees against arbitrary time setting. One of the employer's...