Poland: negotiations get tougher for the follow-up of the “Anticrisis” Act

The Act of July 1, 2009 on lessening the consequences of the economic downturn (known as the “Anticrisis Act”) expired on December 31, 2011 (see our dispatches No.  090611 and 090555).  Thus, businesses can no longer appeal to more flexible solutions than what is provided for in the Labor Code, such as personalized working time, working time cuts when the activity slows down, unlimited number of fixed-term contracts, appeal to short-time working…
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s No. 090611 and 090555). Thus, businesses can no longer appeal to more flexible solutions than what is provided for in the Labor Code, such as personalized working time, working time cuts when the activity slows down, unlimited number of fixed-term contracts, appeal to short-time working…

Government proposes three tracks. At the last meeting of the Tripartite Committee on December 2011, the Minister of Labor and Social Policy presented the social partners with three possible scenarios to kee

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