Poland: remote work now regulated by law

An amendment recently adopted by the Polish parliament provides a definition for remote work and sets out procedures for how such arrangements should be implemented at companies. With remote work now a feature of the country's labour code, employees may voluntarily opt for this, provided their employer agrees, on a regular or occasional basis.
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Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland, signed an amendment introducing remote work into the country’s labour code on 30 January 2023. The amendment was adopted on 13 January 2023 by the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, and is part of a bill on various adjustments to labour legislation. The text must now be published in Poland’s official gazette in order to come into force two months later. It specifies that remote work may be carried out “in whole or in part at a place indicated

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