Amendments to Labor Code in Poland in 2023

The new year will bring a number of significant changes to the Labor Law in Poland. At the beginning of the year, in the Polish Labor Code new regulations will appear with regards to:

• remote work,
• sobriety of employees,
• parental and maternity leaves for foster and adoptive families.

The changes are to come into force in the first months of the year, so Polish employers have little time to adapt workplaces and internal documentation to the upcoming changes.

Sobriety control

On January 13, 2023, Polish Parliament completed works on the amendment to the Labor Code, which introduces a brand-new chapter on sobriety control of employees. New provisions regarding sobriety control of employees are to be in force soon – i.e. 14 days after the text of the new law is published in the Official Journal of Polish Laws. Therefore, this deadline is short, and it is expected that the changes will come into force in February 2023.

Employers should start preparing for the changes now - in particular:

• equip workplaces with appropriate measuring equipment, and
• prepare new versions of work regulations containing provisions on employee sobriety checks.

If you do not adapt your work regulations – you will not be able to conduct sobriety control

Employers who do not introduce new internal rules for carrying out sobriety control on time - will not be able to conduct such control. This also applies to employers who are not required to have internal...

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