•  News
    • From 2023, business travel allowances will be even higher (3)
      New regulations on changing the amount of business travel allowances have already come into force. From July 28, 2022, the amount of the allowance increased by PLN 8 to PLN 38. The changes are also provided for in the allowances for foreign travel, which have not been changed since 2013.
    • Full premiums for contracts of mandate probably already in 2023 (4)
      The KPO adopted by the EU at the beginning of June indicated that Poland undertook to implement the reform of civil law contracts already in the first quarter of 2023. Initially, full premiums for contracts of mandate, which were to enter into force on January 1, 2022, have been postponed to 2024. Recently, however, the situation has changed dramatically and it seems that changes can be expected from 2023.
  • Recipes with a comment
    • Employee works at home and in the office - is commuting to the office a work time (5)
      Due to the possibility of working remotely, there were a lot of doubts about the time an employee travels from home, i.e. the place of remote work, to work in the office. And vice versa - commuting from work (office) to home. The editorial office asked the Ministry of Family and Social Policy for explanations on this matter. Can an employee's travel from one place to another be classified as working time?
  • Accidents at work
    • Is the injury in the workplace of the workplace an accident at work? (6)
      The employee suffered an injury in the workplace of the workplace. The doctor diagnosed a torsion injury to the right knee and offered 14 days off. How to qualify such an event?
    • Accident documentation: provide copies or originals to the National Labor Inspectorate (7)
      An accident at work is not always a private matter between the victim and the employer. If the accident is a serious, fatal or collective accident, the employer is obliged to notify the competent district labor inspector and the public prosecutor's office. So can only copies of documents be provided?
  • Social Labor Inspectorate
    • Inspection of the condition of buildings as a right of the social labor inspector (8)
      Social Labor Inspectorate is a service whose purpose is to ensure safe working conditions by workplaces. The direct catalog of social inspectors' powers is contained in Art. 4 of the Act on Social Labor Inspection. The first is the ability to control the condition of buildings from the point of view of occupational health and safety.
  • OHS training - experts answer
    • Who may conduct training for the health and safety service (in accordance with PKD) (10)
      Training may be organized and conducted by employers or, on their request, by organizational units conducting training activities in the field of occupational health and safety. Training of people who are employers, employees of the OHS service as well as instructors and lecturers on occupational health and safety are conducted by organizational units conducting training activities in the field of occupational health and safety.
    • Can contract nurses undergo on-line training? (11)
      For contract staff, Art. 304 of the Labor Code Not an employee is obliged to comply with occupational health and safety and fire protection regulations, and therefore must learn about them. The Civil Code does not regulate the forms of training - each one will be allowed.
    • How long to keep the OSH documentation (11)
      There are no regulations indicating a specific storage period for the documents indicated in the question. It can be concluded that the minimum period of keeping such documentation by the training organizer is the validity period of the OSH training to which the documents relate.
  • The subject of the issue
    • Preventive examinations of candidates for vocational training and adolescents (12)
      Conducting preventive examinations of candidates for vocational training and adolescents, contrary to appearances, may turn out to be a very important obligation. The results of such research may, after all, be crucial in the process of choosing a profession and decide about the future of the respondent. What should be borne in mind in such cases?
  • Working conditions
    • Eliminate the sources of danger on farms (15)
      Agriculture is a dangerous industry. People working on the farm come into contact with dangerous machines, vehicles, chemicals, domestic animals, work at height, in a confined space. These people are exposed to extreme weather conditions as well as noise and dust in the workplace. In order to be able to protect employees and other people working on the farm against accidents at work, it is necessary to know where the danger lurks. The article provides tips that will help identify the sources of threats on farms.
    • Control and order from the inspector of the National Labor Inspectorate on the provision of drinking water (16)
      Providing drinking water for employees, contrary to appearances, not only on the basis of an employment relationship, is one of the basic obligations of every employer. Its violation may not only result in liability for the offense, but also an administrative order. Depending on the specific case, the order may be timely or be immediately enforceable.
    • Problem: an employee keeps extending his weekend (17)
      Nice weather, lots of sunny days and the ongoing holiday season make the custom of extending weekends return - employees are more and more often "sick" on Fridays and Mondays. Is the employer entitled to take consequences towards the employee for such short but repeated absences, e.g. to dismiss him / her from work? What should he do if he does not want to fire the employee, but to persuade him to give up the practice?
  • Court case law
    • The court will establish work under special conditions also during employment (19)
      During employment, the employee has the right to file a claim to establish that he / she performs work under special conditions or under special conditions.
  • Questions and Answers
    • How much is the forklift qualification certificate valid? (20)
      The forklift qualification certificate is valid for 5 years. It should therefore be checked whether 5 years have passed. Additionally, if an employee is to replace LPG cylinders, this must be included in the training program.
    • Is there an obligation to anchor milling machines, drills, boring machines to the ground? (21)
      In accordance with the applicable regulations, all machines and their parts, if necessary to ensure the safety and health of workers, are fastened using appropriate hooks or other similar devices in order to ensure their stability.
    • Who chooses a chair for an employee with a back injury (22)
      According to the Labor Code, the employer is obliged to protect the health and life of employees by ensuring safe and hygienic working conditions with the appropriate use of science and technology.
    • What fire requirements for an office and a small warehouse (22)
      It is necessary to conduct training of employees in the field of fire protection. Occupational health and safety regulations say that it can be done by a health and safety employee, while fire regulations. indicate that they may be carried out by the fire protection inspector.
    • Can an employee without a driving license drive a forklift truck? (23)
      In a situation where the employee has valid licenses of the Office of Technical Inspection, the qualification certificate for the operation of forklift trucks, the loss of a category B car driving license does not affect the possibility of performing work with the use of a forklift.
    • What to do when the noise level is too high (23)
      If the noise measurements carried out show its intensity at the workplace above the NDN level, the employer should: update the medical referral with the results of the measurements carried out, provide preliminary tests for employees due to the emergence of a new hazard, perform occupational risk assessment in accordance with applicable regulations, develop a program of technical and organizational measures aimed at reducing exposure to noise, determine the frequency of measurements depending on the results obtained.

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