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Changes in Polish employment laws bring new costs:benefits equation

This Autumn brings quite a few changes for Polish employers. Not only do new pension plans called PPK ( Pracownicze Plany Kapitałowe ) became a reality for the biggest Polish employers in the fourth quarter of 2019, but the Labour Code and Code of Civil Procedure see changes too. Some of them result in a need to change workplace policies and procedures, while others increase operational costs. Employee Capital Plans (PPK) Employee Capital Plans were launched this year to “allow” (require, actually) employees to systematically contribute to a pensions savings scheme. PPK apply from July 1 to employers having at least 250 employees as at December 31, 2018. From January 1 next year they will also cover employers with at least 50 employees as at June 30, 2019 and as of July 1 2020 to those with at least 20 employees as at the end of 2019. The remaining employers will be covered by the PPK regulations from January 1, 2021. The system provides for the automatic enrollment for...