- News
- Further changes in the rules for concluding and terminating fixed-term contracts (3)
This year, regulations are to come into force, which will introduce changes in the scope of concluding and terminating fixed-term employment contracts. New obligations will be imposed on employers as regards entering into a probationary contract and terminating a fixed-term contract. Check what the planned changes to the Labor Code result from and when they should come into force.
- Employment and assistance to Ukrainians - the doubts of employers (4)
In the face of the ongoing war in Ukraine, Polish employers, who employ citizens of this country, are looking for answers to questions they have never had to deal with before. We answer the most frequently asked questions and doubts regarding the employment and organization of assistance for Ukrainian citizens in the workplace.
- The basis for the sobriety check of employees (5)
The employer will be able to conduct sobriety check of employees. Control may also include the presence of substances in the body that act similar to alcohol. The new solutions are to enter into force in the first half of 2022.
- Environmental protection inspectors will impose fines (5)
According to the new draft regulation of the Prime Minister, inspectors of the Environmental Protection Inspection are to be authorized to impose fines by way of a criminal mandate. They will be able to punish, for example, for violating the bans in protected areas or putting the batteries in the wrong waste container. The new regulations are to enter into force in the third quarter of this year
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- Advantages and disadvantages of changes introduced when employing foreigners (6)
Changes in the regulations on legalizing the stay of foreigners were highly anticipated by employers. The intention of the legislator was to accelerate and simplify the procedures for granting foreigners temporary residence permits in Poland, in particular the so-called uniform permits for temporary residence and work. Another month has passed since their entry into force. However, not all the introduced changes can be assessed positively.
- Health and safety service
- Recommendation to remove the risk of accidents - 2nd authorization of the health and safety service (8)
People managing employees are not alone in reacting to irregularities in the field of technical safety at work in the workplace. They can count on the health and safety service, which has the right to address such persons with recommendations to remove the identified accident hazards and occupational harm as well as deficiencies in the field of occupational health and safety. Traditionally, the provision governing the entitlement invoked is concise and imprecise. This may cause practical difficulties in the exercise of the right in question by employees of the OHS service.
- Consent to take on additional duties in the health and safety service (10)
The National Labor Inspectorate has the right and obligation to control the functioning of the health and safety structures at every employer, both private and public. Not only the performance of the health and safety service is subject to control, but also the prohibition of entrusting additional tasks that do not fit into the list of tasks of the service. Often you can meet the action of the employer who gives the employee a document for signature - a consent or a declaration of assuming additional duties. Is this action acceptable?
- Questions and Answers
- What documentation to prepare in the event of an accident of an apprentice (11)
An accident of an apprentice is an accident in special circumstances. The Act does not specify formal requirements for the documentation of accidents in special circumstances.
- Is it possible to use hearing protectors prophylactically without measuring the noise level? (12)
In the case in question, measurements of the noise level should be carried out at the operator's station of the indicated machine. The employer may do it in cooperation with an accredited laboratory.
- What is the composition of a first aid kit (13)
There are no Polish standards or regulations specifying the composition of a first aid kit.
- What is the evacuation procedure for a school in the face of an air attack (13)
In the event of a threat of war or a terrorist attack, educational institutions follow the instructions of the civil defense service.
- The subject of the issue
- Monitoring in the workplace (14)
An employer who decides to introduce monitoring in order to ensure safe working conditions should be aware that this should not be a decision only preceded by its calculation, having the proverbial "second bottom" not related to safety. Monitoring can be used as a necessary tool to ensure safe working conditions. Its introduction, however, should be consulted with employees in advance. When deciding to introduce cameras to the workplace, the employer must also be aware of the limitations associated with their use. Monitoring of the work process is also controlled by the National Labor Inspectorate.
- Safety training
- On-the-job training of a hairdresser - threats at the workplace (18)
A hairdressing salon is a place where accidents quite often occur, despite the fact that the position is usually located in a room with good environmental conditions and meets sanitary requirements. Poorly organized workplace and ignorance of the instructions for the tools or hair care products used may result in accidents and illnesses. During OSH training, it is therefore important to show the possible - maximum effects of individual threats and the initial risk occurring without the use of safeguards.
- Health and safety training - experts answer
- Have the restrictions related to occupational health and safety training been lifted? (21)
It cannot be said that all previous restrictions related to the COVID-19 epidemic were canceled. The current rules are set out in the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of February 25, 2022. The suspension of the obligation to perform periodic training does not result from the regulation, but from the Act of March 2, 2020. The provisions in this area are still in force.
- What kind of training for an employee in two blue-collar positions (22)
As for periodic training, which concerns two blue-collar jobs, one training for this group is enough.
- Who can replace an OSH service employee in conducting training (22)
There are no contraindications for a general instruction to be carried out by another employee with current OSH training during the absence of an OSH service worker.
- Health and safety instructions
- Health and safety instructions for works related to the assembly of scaffolding (23)
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- Manual handling of items by one worker (24)
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