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Amendment on surveillance in Poland

The president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, signed an amendment regarding surveillance. The signed amendment was disapproved of by the opposition as well as the National Council of the Judiciary, Polish Bar Council, Digitization Council, National Council of Legal Advisers and NGOs.   Please remember that the amendment is a judgement of Constitutional Tribunal which deemed as unconstitutional some of the rules specified in the act concerning special services collecting such data as: telecommuni Read more

Unemployment in Poland declines

In the recent three years in some Polish cities unemployment has dropped almost by half. The unemployment rate is currently two times lower than in 2012 and is 10.8%. The biggest falls were recorded mostly in smaller powiats. The list also includes bigger cities, like Poznań, Tychy or Gorzów Wielkopolski.   The positive effects came from labour reforms and the need of businesses for new and larger labour forces. After analysing the data on the unemployment in Poland. In the country over Read more

Bank tax in Poland

Poland needs a bank tax as in our system banks may earn profits in the amount of 16 billion PLN. The government expects levy payments of about 6 billion PLN, this is a pretty simple and efficient solution.   A specialist from a Krakow university noted that introduction of bank tax with a rather high rate of around 0.44% in connection with possible interest rates cut made by Monetary Policy Council and the consequences of introducing an act on aid for CHF mortgage payers may lead to a situ Read more

Polish carpentry forging ahead

It is mostly western countries that Polish carpentry companies are flooding with their products. This is about furniture making. They are family businesses where skills are passed on from generation to generation.   The people with knowledge of furniture making swamp such countries as Germany, the Netherlands, or Great Britain with offers. The list continues, of course.   We are becoming very competitive for Europeans when it comes to furniture making. Today, Poland is the world’ Read more

Amazon’s new plans for Poland

By the end of 2016, Amazon wants to create over a thousand jobs in Poland. As of today, there are over 4.5 thousand people employed full time. Meanwhile, in Europe the company wants to employ several thousand.   Amazon Poland’s spokesperson informed that new employees will be able to find work in logistics centres in such cities as Poznań, Warsaw, Gdańsk and Wrocław. The majority of the new posts will be in higher positions and will require proper qualifications.   At the end Read more

BP’s expansion in Poland

Head of BP in Poland announced that the staff reductions in the company are to be limited to the extraction department only. Layoffs are to be very big, as they are to include around 4 thousand staff members around the world. This is due to the big drops in oil prices. Presently, the company employs around 24 thousand people.   Managing Director of the Polish branch of BP informed about further expansion plans in Poland. At the present, Poland experiences a GDP growth, and the company see Read more
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