Robert Lewandowski

The month of July witnessed many new legal developments in Poland. Between January-June 2025 Poland will assume the presidency of the Council of the European Union and this task will require the laying down of new provisions that enable Poland successful handling of this challenge. Thus in July of this year a new act from…

The month June abounded in many legal events. On 15.05.2024 a new legal provision regarding the functioning of government administration was introduced aiming to improve the execution of tasks and the systematizing of work in some important sectors such as management of minerals deposits, energy, climate and regional developments. Read more here

On 25 June 2024 a new Polish whistleblowers protection act, from 14 June 2024, (“WPA”)was published introducing the so-called EU Whistleblower Directive into the Polish legalsystem [ Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law]. Thiswhistleblowing law is…

MiCA was published on 9th June 2023 and is aimed at the protection of investorsand the establishing of a transparent crypto -assets market , enhancing the safeguardsfor holders of crypto-assets, financial stability and the integrity of crypto -assetsmarkets. MiCA regulates, among other things, the public offering, issuing andpermitting of crypto- assets for trade. The EU…

(Poland) Please find below some new legal developments and events in Poland from May 2024. In the middle of May a new proposal to amend the Polish Labor Code was published according to which the length of work will also include, among other things, work performed on the basis of contracts for services and work…

The governmental stage of legislative work on the implementation of the EU – Directive 2022/2041 on an adequate minimum wage in the European Union should be finalized soon. That means that the minimum wage in Poland will be established through many criteria and not more on political decisions taken in the form of an ordinance…

(Poland) On 09.02.2024  a new act concerning  aid to Ukrainian citizens came into effect due to the war in Ukraine and the new regulations concern among other things an extension to 30/06/24 of: The new act also  introduces  an extension by 28 months the period in which individuals with medical education (doctors, dentists and nurses)…

In October a major amendment to the Geological and Mining Law of 9 June 2011 (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 633 as amended) took effect. One of the changes is the introduction of a legal definition of the term “strategic deposit”. This is defined as mineral deposits that are subject to special legal protection…

(Dr. Karol Świtaj) A family foundation is a legal form of running a business, and has been long awaited by numerous Polish family-owned businesses. The community of firms of this kind itself estimates that there are more than 800 000 family businesses in Poland, which means that they make a considerable contribution to GDP. Furthermore,…

The state of epidemic threat was declared at an end in Poland as at 1 July, 2023, and this means that many obligations that were suspended will once again apply. One of the obligations that now have to be observed once again as of 1 July is the obligation of employers to refer employees for…

Cryptocurrency in legislation(Prof. Dr. Rafał Kusy) I. The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) amends Directive (EU) 2019/1937, and is the EU’s first proposal aimed at the regulation of crypto-assets, issuers of crypto-assets, and cryptocurrency service providers. It is due to take effect in the first half of 2023. The MiCA Regulation lays down requirements and…