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Ideas For A New Labour Code Met With Criticism

The Codification Committee, a government body entrusted with the task of preparing a first draft of an entirely new Labour Code, the regulation which affects all employers and employees in Poland, finished its work this week. Even though the project is the first step to introducing a whole new labour code, the Committee did not disclose the results of their year-long work. The public has to wait for state off Read more

Ministry Says No VAT Tax Returns

Polish Ministry of Finance officially confirmed they are working on the complete disposal of VAT tax returns. The tax returns, prepared by all value-added taxpayers, document all taxable transactions of a given company in a given reporting period. Businesses in Poland, apart from numerous other compliance duties, are under obligation to submit VAT tax returns on a monthly basis. Canceling the legal requirement Read more

World Bank: Poland Became a High-Income Country Faster Than Any Other State

World Bank released an economic growth report which reflects Poland on top as the high-income country in the EU. In their Growing United: Upgrading Europe’s Convergence Machine report, World Bank experts Cristobal Ridao-Cano and Christian Bodewig reflect on how the European Union had a huge impact on member states’ economic growth and Eastern European states transitioning their status from the category of low to high-income country status. Poland has been set out as an example of a Read more

No trade on Sundays

On the first day of March new regulation came into effect in Poland. The new law introduces a ban on trade on two Sundays a month. With certain exceptions enumerated in the act on a ban on Sunday trade, trading outlets, from small corner shops to big malls will be forced to close on the seventh day of the week. It is not yet certain how Poles will react to the fact that they will not be able to shop when they want.   Polish stores will close on every second and third Sunday of the month e Read more
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