Czarzasty, Jan
Minimum wage under debate
21 Prosinec 2011
In Poland the national minimum wage is set annually in accordance with the
Minimum Wage Act of 2002. The Tripartite Commission for Social and Economic
Affairs (Trójstronna Komisja ds. Społeczno Gospodarczych [1]) decides the
wage level for the next year based on proposals submitted by the government.
[1] http://www.dialog.gov.pl/komisja_trojstronna
Regional railway workers go on strike over pay
06 Říjen 2011
Regional Railways (PR [1]) company was established in 2001, initially as PKP
PR, to indicate its origins in the former monopoly Polish State Railways (PKP
[2]). PR assumed responsibility for local and regional passenger transport
but also launched a special type of national, inter-regional train service.
Consequently, PR has become the largest passenger railway operator in Poland,
with roughly 300,000 customers daily using approximately 2,700 trains. As of
2011, PR has nearly 13,000 employees.
[1] http://www.przewozyregionalne.pl/
[2] http://www.pkp.pl/
Poland: Work and employment conditions in Polish enterprises
23 Srpen 2011
This survey data report presents an analysis of data collected during 2005,
2007 and 2010 surveys conducted on representative, nationwide samples as part
of the ‘Working Poles’ research project a team from the Warsaw School of
Economics and commissioned by social partners. The surveys reflected public
opinion on selected features of employment relations, labour law observance,
working conditions and the response to the economic crisis. While the state
of working conditions improved significantly (especially between 2005 and
2007), trends in labour law observance proved contradictory, and employment
relations, approached from the institutional perspective, deteriorated.
Eventful year for major trade unions
16 Únor 2011
Trade unions in Poland are still the largest voluntary organisations in the
country, yet they enjoy only a moderate degree of influence on everyday
labour relations. The unionisation rate is low, and so is collective
bargaining coverage.
Concept of employee privatisation returns
27 Červenec 2010
In the early 1990s, the Polish economy saw a huge wave of denationalisation.
One of the paths of direct privatisation envisaged by the Act of
privatisation and commercialisation of state-owned enterprises (hereafter
called ‘the Act’) was so-called ‘employee leasing’. The law allowed
for companies that were to undergo privatisation to become ‘employee
companies’, with shares owned by employees. Those companies were given the
right to lease the enterprise.
OPZZ promotes changes to pensions system
08 Červenec 2010
Calls for reforms to the pensions system began in 2009 when women born in
1949 retired. They were the first pensioners insured in the two-tier system
composed of the Social Security Fund (/Fundusz Ubezpieczeń Społecznych/,
FUS), which covers state pensions, and the Open Pensions Fund (/Otwarte
Fundusze Emerytalne/, OFE), which covers capital pensions. The benefits paid
to the women were unsatisfactory. The national campaign resulted in the
government initiative to amend the Act on retirement pensions and other
benefits from the Social Insurance Fund. The amendment would mean that those
born between 1949 and 1968, who are bound to the two-tier system, would be
allowed to exit the OFE and have all of their contributions collected by the
FUS. The bill has been warmly received by the trade unions.
Social partners suggest amendments to anti-crisis legislation
15 Březen 2010
In July 2009, the Polish parliament adopted an anti-crisis legislative
package consisting of two bills: the amended Personal Income Tax Act,
allowing for tax exemptions on allowances paid by trade unions and on
vouchers convertible to goods or services, and the Act on alleviation of
economic crisis effects on employees and employers (*PL0909019I* [1]). The
anti-crisis laws are set to expire at the end of 2011. The anti-crisis act
contains a number of support measures, the most significant of which
comprises subsidising the remuneration costs of employees working part time
or remaining idle due to a temporary halt of operations at companies in
‘temporary financial difficulties’, defined as a ‘decrease in sales by
at least 25% experienced over three consecutive months after 1 July 2008’.
[1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/articles/mixed-reaction-to-anti-crisis-legislation
Uncertain future of shipyards sparks controversy
16 Prosinec 2009
In 2005, the European Commission [1] grew impatient with the persistent
public financial support channelled to Polish shipyards and initiated an
investigation regarding the legality of this state aid. Subsequently, the
Commission repeatedly requested the Polish government to draw up a
restructuring [2] programme, without noticeable effect. The Commission made
clear – from early to mid 2008 – that Poland should not hope for any
extension of the imminent deadline for submission of the restructuring
programme. Thus, the government twice presented such a programme, with the
principal element of each version being based on privatisation of both
shipyard companies in the northern city of Gdynia and the northwestern city
of Szczecin. Neither of the programmes submitted, however, was positively
reviewed by the European Commission. Ultimately, in November 2008, the
Commission ruled that the state aid transferred to the Gdynia and Szczecin
shipyards was illegal and requested that the beneficiaries repay it
(*PL0807029I* [3]).
[1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/industrial-relations-dictionary/european-commission
[2] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/industrial-relations-dictionary/restructuring
[3] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/articles/polish-shipyards-flounder-as-eu-demands-return-of-state-aid
Mixed reaction to anti-crisis legislation
01 Prosinec 2009
The autonomous agreement on combating negative effects of the economic
slowdown reached by the peak national social partners in March 2009 received
public praise and was considered a success of social dialogue [1]. The social
partners’ anti-crisis package was then presented to the government, which
was to incorporate the agreement’s provisions into draft legislation in
order to submit it to the parliament (Sejm) for adoption (*PL0906019I* [2]).
In early July, the government put forward two draft bills, which were
subsequently passed into law without much delay – despite trade union
concerns (*PL0907019I* [3]).
[1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/industrial-relations-dictionary/social-dialogue
[2] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/articles/government-accepts-anti-crisis-package-submitted-by-social-partners
[3] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/articles/trade-unions-threaten-to-abandon-tripartite-dialogue
Government accepts anti-crisis package submitted by social partners
12 Červenec 2009
The need for the conclusion of a social pact in Poland has been emphasised
since the turn of the century. Two major attempts to conclude such a pact
were made in 2003 and 2006, but without much success. Talks have not advanced
beyond the stage of negotiations in the tripartite social dialogue [1]
bodies. The only case of a national-level social pact adopted after 1989 was
the ‘Pact on state-owned enterprises undergoing transformation’ signed in
1993, which paved the way for the establishment of the Tripartite Commission
for Social and Economic Affairs (Trójstronna Komisja ds. Społeczno
Gospodarczych, TK [2]).
[1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/industrial-relations-dictionary/social-dialogue
[2] http://www.dialog.gov.pl/komisja_trojstronna
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