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Aura - Ochrona Środowiska (AURA Environmental Protection) 2022/01

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  • What connects the volcanic rocks of Vesuvius with Polish metallurgical heaps? How lichens cope in extreme conditions
    Lichens are unique symbiotic organisms, consisting of two components: fungal hyphae and algae / cyanosis cells. Thanks to the symbiosis, they have gained many unique properties not found in other organisms, which allow them to function in extremely unfavorable environmental conditions. The described species of lichens, incl. the barbed wireworm and the brown-black roller coaster occur in such extreme habitats as the volcanic rocks of Vesuvius or the smelting dumps heavily contaminated with heavy metals in Poland. Slag heaps related to the processing of zinc and lead ores are an excellent substitute habitat and can be a specific refugium (refuge) for rare lichen species.
  • Assessment of ancestral variability of Norway spruce from the Silesian Beskids
    The subject of the work is the assessment of the ancestral variability of Norway spruce. The aim of the research was to investigate the phenotypic variability of morphological and incremental traits, as well as to determine its plasticity, i.e. its adaptation to climatic conditions. The study used empirical data from two research plots in Krynica and Wisła. 22-year-old spruces were examined on the conservation plots. The obtained measurements were compiled in an excel sheet in order to create a database necessary for calculations. Calculations of average height, DBH, survival and frost resistance were performed. On the basis of the obtained results, conclusions were drawn. The best offspring of the following families were assessed: 5210, 85, 5218, 5198 Zapowiedź, 2949 Malinka, and the biologically weakest 5208 and 5213.
  • COP-26 in Glasgow
    The conference of the signatories of the Climate Convention in 2021 should clarify some provisions of the Paris Agreement of 2015, in particular its Articles 6 and 8. Some threatening "clarifications" were avoided, which would be particularly harmful to the climate, but - under the pressure of several signatories - provisions were introduced that hinder efforts to protect it. Above all, however, the Conference confirmed that the road to climate protection is still very long and that there are few countries that are ready to take seriously global threats.
  • Construction of the 3rd generation PV cell made of amorphous silicon (a-Si) in the TOPCon technology
    Construction of the device These cells no longer have a classic pn junction, but a silicon heterojunction (thin-film technology). By diffusing phosphorus into the thin layer of the silicon wafer, a free electron was obtained on the valence coating of the silicon semiconductor (negative charge). By admixing the thin layer (nano-layer) of amorphous silicon with boron (B), an excess of holes was obtained on the valence coating of the silicon semiconductor (positive charge). Thin n (wafer) and p-silicon nano-layers (polycrystalline silicon doped with boron), superimposed on each other, form the pn junction. Thanks to the described process, a highly efficient tunnel solar cell was created.

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Medycyna Pracy (Occupational Medicine) 2021/06

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  • Workload, job satisfaction and occupational stress in Polish midwives before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
    The aim of this study was to describe, explain, and compare the correlations between workload, job satisfaction, and occupational stress levels in Polish midwives working before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Differential impact of COVID-19 lockdown on physical activity in younger and older adolescents – prospective study
    Insufficient physical activity levels (PAL) during adolescence is a major public health concern, which is even more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic due to restricting movement opportunities. This study aimed to identify PAL changes and examine the age-specific determinants of PAL in younger and older adolescents during the COVID-19 lockdown.
  • Job insecurity and emotional disturbance of Polish employees during pandemic COVID-19
    The pandemic, as an event that is new and dangerous to the health and life of the population, has put employees at risk of losing their job and experiencing deteriorating working and employment conditions. In this situation, authors were particularly concerned with the extent to which job insecurity (both quantitative and qualitative) contributed to the deterioration of workers’ well-being.
  • Analysis of interest in vaccination against COVID-19 and other pro-health initiatives at the workplace among employees in Poland
    The COVID-19 pandemic re-raised the subject of vaccines and their importance for public health. Given the number of employees, one of the key environments in which vaccination should be promoted is the workplace.
  • The obligation to provide medical assistance and the employee's right to refrain from performing work in conditions that do not comply with occupational health and safety regulations and the lack of personal protective equipment - dilemmas during the COVID-19 pandemic
    With the emergence of the extraordinary situation in Poland related to the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of whether medical personnel has the right to refrain from working in conditions that violate occupational health and safety and in the absence of personal protective equipment has returned in the public debate. Chief Labor Inspector clearly indicated that refraining from work does not apply to an employee whose duty is to save human life or property. The purpose of this article was to analyze the premises of Art. 210 of the Labor Code in the context of the provisions of medical law and the principles of professional ethics, as well as providing the doctrine with an incentive to research on a difficult complex of problems.
  • The infection fatality rate (IFR) in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Upper Silesian Agglomeration in 2020
    During the COVID-19 pandemic, a wide spectrum of studies was initiated on a global scale, including studies aimed at estimating the infection fatality rate (IFR). Determining the IFR requires the knowledge of the number of deaths in a given population and time, as well as the number of infected people, usually determined on the basis of serological test results (anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG in the case of COVID-19). The aim of the study was to estimate the IFR in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in the Upper Silesian Agglomeration (AG).

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Bezpieczny Magazyn (Secure Warehouse) 2021/04

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Category: Bezpieczny Magazyn
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  • Behapowiec. Who is that? (3)
    Behapowiec is a worker like any other, only more meticulous. It is important that he is always helpful to other people, does not show superiority, and that he reminds us of what everyone often forgets.
  • SEGRO Academy in stock (4)
    The final of the SEGRO Academy project, organized by SEGRO, a developer, manager and owner of production and warehouse space and the "Innowatorium" Foundation for Supporting Education and Development, took place on October 12 at SEGRO Park Stryków.
  • Euro-pallets after December 31, 2021 (6)
    The year 2021 is unique for Euro-pallet users in every respect. The prices of these universal transport carriers are breaking all records, and yet the availability does not guarantee operational comfort. When we add to this the confusion with the interchangeability of pallets in the open field, we have a full picture of the problems faced by Euro-pallet users.
  • Automatic PALOMAT magazine (8)
    Warehouse management is moving towards process automation. The main reasons for the changes are the lack of labor, as well as the development and digitization of logistics processes. Automation in a warehouse is not easy, because manual work has a significant share in the storage or picking operations. Areas where automatic devices can be introduced into processes are filling up quickly.
  • Limiting the risk of fire and increasing the efficiency of employees (11)
    The Chief Sanitary Inspectorate calculated that in 2019 21 percent of Poles admitted to smoking cigarettes on a daily basis. Consequently, it can be assumed that at least one in five workers smokes. In the case of large plants, we are talking about several dozen or even several hundred people. Smoking employees who do so in an unsuitable place or against regulations increase the risk of fire and therefore the risk of fire in the facility. They can be reduced by organizing a professional smoking space.

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BHP w Firmie (Work safety in the company) 2022/247

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  • Subject of the issue: Immediate threat to the health and life of employees - duties of the employer, health and safety services and labor inspectors
    It is the employer's duty to protect the health and life of employees. However, inspections carried out by labor inspectors show that, in a large proportion of cases, work processes are accompanied by direct health and life hazards. The problem is that the regulations referring to the concept of an immediate threat do not contain its definition, thus the issue of actions and omissions in the face of this type of threat may be problematic.
  • The deadline for submitting information on chemical substances with a carcinogenic effect is 15 January
    Until January 15, 2022, obligated entities have the time to submit an annual "Information on chemical substances, their mixtures, agents or technological processes with a carcinogenic or mutagenic effect". The completed information form should be submitted to the competent voivodeship sanitary inspector and the competent district labor inspector. Check if this obligation applies to you as well.
  • Remote work and employers' costs
    Among the proposed changes to the Labor Code regarding the introduction of remote work, there are provisions according to which the employer will be obliged to cover certain costs related to remote work. What are these costs? Do you already know how they will be determined? Check it now!
  • Rules for crediting health and safety training and other courses until working time
    Counting the time of raising qualifications by employees to working time raises many doubts, because this issue is not directly regulated in the regulations. For example - if training to improve professional qualifications takes place during the working hours of a given subordinate, they should be included in the working time. And how is it in the case of raising professional qualifications by an employee outside his working hours? Here the matter is more complicated. Many PIP inspectors assume that the situation depends on how "compulsory" training is for the employee. What does it mean? How to treat training from the point of view of working time?

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Polityka Społeczna (Social Policy) 2021/11-12

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Category: Polityka Społeczna
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  • Coherence of public policies in Poland in the perspective of the process of reaching full adulthood
    The issue of transition into adulthood, treated as a complex, multidimensional and multistage social process, is not explicitly an object of interest to public policies, including social policy. The context of the life course policy mentioned in the analyzes is justified by the institutionalization of tasks related to functioning in society typical of full adulthood: completing education, taking up employment, setting up your own household and family. The so-called delayed transition into adulthood means an increasingly later implementation of these tasks. The tendencies in reaching full adulthood indicated in the article mean that this process becomes a social problem that should be prevented by public activities. The article, based on the synthetically presented results of the research "Public policies for full adulthood in Poland" (National Science Center No. people aged 25–34. The purpose of the considerations is to indicate the need for coherence and coordination in the creation and implementation of political and institutional instruments. They would support these young adult Poles in their transition to adulthood, which takes place in four dimensions (education, work, housing and family life) and the separation of the transition to adulthood regime in Polish social policy (public policies).
  • The environment and place of residence in the life of older people
    The place of residence for every person is part of their everyday life environment and largely determines their sense of security, while the housing conditions affect the quality of life. Therefore, proper housing conditions, meeting the needs of older people and a friendly local environment have an impact on experiencing old age. The research shows that the elderly want to stay in their own house / flat as long as possible, in an environment known to them and friendly to them. Therefore, it is equally important to adapt a flat or a house to the possibilities of older people, as well as appropriate shaping of the public space, enabling them to move freely. Moreover, aging in the place of residence should mean the launch of numerous services adapted to the changing needs of this very diverse group of elderly people over time, which is part of the de-institutionalization process.

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Monitor Prawa Pracy i Ubezpieczeń (Labor Law and Insurance Monitor) 2022/01

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Category: Monitor Prawa Pracy i Ubezpieczeń
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  • Topic of the issue
    • Polish Order - 10 answers to questions about taxation of income from employment
  • You need to know about it
    • Payments to called up persons made for the periods prior to January 1, 2022 remain unpaid - the latest guidelines of the Ministry of Family and Social Policy and the Social Insurance Institution (4)
    • From January 1, 2022, taxpayers entitled to new tax exemptions will pay a health insurance contribution (6)
    • From 9 December 2021, changes in the right to healthcare services for some foreigners from outside the EU (7)
    • Higher contributions to the company social benefit fund and holiday allowance in 2022 (10)
    • Taking over the duties of the payer of benefits in 2022 (13)

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Monitor Prawa Pracy (Labor Law Monitor) 2021/04

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Category: Monitor Prawa Pracy
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  • News
    • Working time of a mobile worker
    • Risks related to the intoxication or intoxication of the employee - limited possibilities of the employer to obtain health data
    • Chile is trying to break free from Pinochet's neoliberal legacy
    • Changes in the law
  • Articles
    • Employee rights of a woman after a miscarriage
    • The crime of malicious or persistent violation of employee rights as the basis for incurring criminal liability for mobbing - key issues
    • Preventing child labor in global supply chains
    • Analysis of sabbatical institutions in the context of Polish law

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Monitor Prawniczy (Law Monitor) 2021/24

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Category: Monitor Prawniczy
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  • News
    • Inadmissibility of surrender of a prosecuted person in extradition proceedings - reimbursement of defense expenses
    • Representative of the office - request for the costs of the trial to be covered for the represented party
    • Loan fees
    • Curator's remuneration and VAT
    • Right to compensation for the property holder's heirs
    • An employee as an entrepreneur's attorney in administrative court proceedings
    • Abusive indexation clause
    • Polish notary public is not authorized
    • Derived refugee status
  • Articles
    • Admissibility of the power of attorney to participate in the general assembly of the guild
    • Criteria for assessing conversion clauses in credit indexed and denominated in a foreign currency, in the light of the jurisprudence of the CJEU. Does the pro-consumer approach to the issue of unfair conversion clauses deserve criticism?

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Lekarz Medycyny Pracy (Doctor of Occupational Medicine) 2022/01

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  • Occupational medicine clinic
    • Preventive care of people working in conditions of exceeding hygienic standards (1)
      The most important element characterizing employment conditions in exposure to chemical and physical factors is the amount of their concentration / intensity in the work environment. Therefore, exposure assessment in relation to the values of hygienic standards is so important during preventive examinations. What should you remember about?
    • Driving instructor psychological testing - what to consider (5)
      The driving instructor and the driving instructor candidate stand out from other groups of drivers because their profession is primarily a teacher. In psychological and occupational medicine research, one should therefore pay attention to its features that will not only prove being a good driver, but also a teacher.
  • Legal comments
    • Whether models of medical certificates should be modified to establish the existence or absence of medical contraindications for driving (7)
      A person applying for a license to drive a moped, motor vehicle or to drive a tram is subject to a medical examination. Its purpose is to find out whether there are health contraindications for driving. The ruling contains the legal basis for the study, which is the Act on Vehicle Drivers. Taking into account the changes that took place in the content of this Act, should the content of the medical certificate be modified and the current legal basis should be quoted in it by indicating the uniform text of the Act on vehicle drivers?

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Służby Utrzymania Ruchu (SUR) (Maintenance Service) 2021/06 (11-12)

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  • The subject of the issue
    • Oil filtering as a way to machine reliability (5)
      There is no doubt that the quality of the lubricant, including oil, determines the safety of machines and the technological processes carried out. It is estimated that in hydraulic systems alone, approximately 75% of failures are caused by contamination of the working fluid.
  • Power engineering
    • Thermal imaging diagnostics in the power industry (19)
      Being aware that the quality of electricity and the safety of its use are closely related to the technical condition of installations and devices, we must also be aware that traditional inspections and inspections without the use of appropriate equipment may not give a complete picture of the actual state of all connections on the path covered by electricity.
    • Reduction of downtime in production thanks to the use of a management system (21)
      Electricity generates costs for the production company both directly (it accounts for several or a dozen or so percent of the company's operating costs) and indirectly - its inappropriate parameters or shortage may cause irregularities in the work (e.g. faster wear of machines), and even delays or downtimes. In order to balance all these aspects, companies are increasingly using an electricity management system.
    • Construction of renewable energy sources installations by housing communities and cooperatives - basic legal issues (24)
      The provisions of the Act on renewable energy sources allow both communities and housing cooperatives to use renewable energy sources by constructing renewable energy installations. In this article, we will look at the above issue from the perspective of applicable law, bearing in mind that investments in renewable energy sources, especially heat pumps and photovoltaic installations, will gain more and more supporters among individual recipients, especially thanks to the possibility of co-financing photovoltaics and heat pumps from various programs, both governmental and local government.

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