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Sexual harassment of an employee
Pursuant to the judgment of the Supreme Court of November 7, 2018, II PK 229/17 in the case concerning violation of the principle of equal treatment by sexual harassment, the employee is to substantiate the occurrence of sexual behavior and his objection to such...
Discretionary award and bonus
Pursuant to Art. 105 of the Labor Code, to employees who, by exemplary performance of their duties, showing initiative at work and increasing its efficiency, and quality contribute especially to the performance of the plant's tasks, they can be awarded prizes and...
The principle of equal treatment in employment and the prohibition of discrimination
Pursuant to Art. 18 (3a) of the Labor Code, employees should be treated equally as regards entering into and terminating the employment relationship, terms of employment, promotion and access to training in order to improve professional qualifications, in...
Can a foreign divorce judgment be recognized if there is no fault found?
Obligation to protect business secrets Enterprise secret - what is it? Pursuant to Art. 11 sec. 2 of the Act on Combating Unfair Competition indicates that a trade secret is understood as technical information, technological, organizational enterprises or other...
Mobbing and health disorders
According to the Labor Code, the employer is obliged to counteract mobbing. Mobbing means actions or behaviors related to an employee or directed against an employee, consisting in persistent and prolonged harassment or intimidation of an employee, causing him to...
Vaccination obligation for individual professional groups
Pursuant to Clause 12 Sec. 1 points 1 and 2 of the Regulation of the Minister of Health of March 20, 2020 on the announcement of an epidemic in the territory of the Republic of Poland (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 340), the obligation to vaccinate against COVID-19...
Compulsory vaccinations and discrimination
Pursuant to the Regulation of the Minister of Health of December 22, 2021, amending the regulation on the declaration of an epidemic in the territory of the Republic of Poland (Journal of Laws, item 2398 - hereinafter referred to as the "Regulation"), compulsory...
Reimbursement of training costs under Art. 103 (5) of the Labor Code
Raising professional qualifications - selected provisions of the Labor Code The Labor Code stipulates that the employer is obliged to help employees improve their professional qualifications. This obligation was expressis verbis expressed in Art. 17 of the Labor...
The employer’s obligation to counteract the bad atmosphere at work
The Supreme Court in its judgment of November 7, 2018 (II PK 210/17, OSNP 2019/9/106) raised the subject of a bad atmosphere at work. In the opinion of the court, when the employer notices that the atmosphere at work and emotions of some employees may violate the...
Restoration of working and pay conditions
During the employment relationship, the terms and conditions of work and pay may be terminated (Art. 42 of the Labor Code). If a dispute arises between the employee and the employer on this background, the court may decide to restore working and pay conditions. If...