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Polish special Act concerning the Coronavirus - employment issues

2 April 2020

The amendment to the Act of 2 March 2020 on special solutions related to preventing, counteracting and combating COVID-19, other infectious diseases and the resulting crisis (the so-called Anti-crisis Act) came into force on 31 March 2020.It introduces a number of regulations, the aim of which is to simplify the functioning of enterprises during the pandemic.

The below concentrates on solutions concerning employee issues, in particular those concerning financial support as regards the costs of labour. It is worth stressing that the countermeasures that have been included in the Act, as finally adopted, will not be easily available to undertakings, especially those in which trade unions exist. The rules for being released from and for deferment of payment of social insurance (ZUS) contributions also seem to be disappointing.

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