On May 21, the government adopted the law on employment protection during economic slowdown (so-called ‘new anticrisis law’). The text mostly aims to prolong the short-time working support system introduced in 2009 and expired in December 2011. However, eligibility criteria for enterprises have been relaxed, as well as administrative procedures needed to receive State subsidies. The second chapter of the anticrisis package (on flexible working time) should be introduced in Parliament soon. (Ref. 130365)
The law foresees two provisions aimed at employment protection: economic standstill and working time reduction. In both cases employee is entitled to a salary that equals at least minimum salary (at present 1 600 PLN, approx. 370 EUR). Proportional salary reduction is possible during working time reduction and it does not require official change in working condition (official change implies ‘notice changing working conditions’ foreseen in the Labour Code; wypowiedzenie zmieniające, and new empl
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