The Municipal Transport Corporation of Wałbrzych (Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne Sp. z o. o. w Wałbrzychu, MPK Wałbrzych [1]) is a limited liability company which is 100% owned by the Commune of Wałbrzych, in southwestern Poland. The main remit of the company is to provide public transport
The minimum monthly wage in Poland falls within the scope of discussions pursued by the Tripartite Commission for Social and Economic Affairs (Trójstronna Komisja do Spraw Społeczno-Gospodarczych). Once the social partners sitting on the Tripartite Commission reach a consensus on this matter, the
Zakłady Chemiczne Police is one of Poland’s largest producers of multi-ingredient mineral fertilisers. Since mid 2005, the company’s shares have been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie SA [1]). The current shareholding structure is as follows: the Ministry
Fiat-GM Powertrain, located in the city of Bielsko-Biała in southern Poland, is a joint venture between the two automotive groups – Fiat and General Motors. Today t he company employs nearly 1,400 persons and is mainly involved in the production of engines.
In early November 2006, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (Ministerstwo Pracy i Polityki Spolecznej, MPiPS [1]) put forward its proposed revisions to the Polish Labour Code for inter-ministerial debate and for review by the social partners (*PL0610069I* [2]). The draft proposal reflects the
The Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka S.A. mine, in which the State Treasury retains a 97% stake, has successfully completed its restructuring plan: it now has just over 3,000 employees (down from over 6,000 employees in the 1990s) and shows a net profit of PLN 72 million (€19 million as of 17 December 2006)
An important effect of the political and economic reforms in Poland since 1989 has been greater entrepreneurship among Poles, with a surge in the number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Many of these enterprises consist of private individuals pursuing a business activity in their own
A recent report from the Polish Central Statistical Office (Glówny Urzad Statystyczny, GUS [1]), entitled /Working conditions in 2005/, outlines the results of research carried out on 60,800 organisations employing a total of 4,819,216 employees, or 45.6% of all Poles employed in the national
In March 2006, negotiations were initiated with the Ministry of State Treasury (Ministerstwo Skarbu Panstwa, MSP [1]) with a view to securing permission to allow the state-owned Silesia Financial Company (Towarzystwo Finansowe Silesia, TF Silesia) to become a strategic investor, thus enabling the
Poland's Voluntary Work Teams, although often judged by critics as a legacy of the communist era, have managed to maintain an important position among institutions aimed at getting young people onto a professional career path and into employment. This position has been further strengthened by