Labour and employment law

EY Law provides advice on complex labour and HR projects in Poland and other jurisdictions. We also help clients manage the people-related legal aspects of restructuring, mergers, takeovers and all types of business transformation. 

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Zuzanna Zakrzewska

Zuzanna Zakrzewska

EY Poland, EY Law, Managing Partner

Michał Włodarczyk

Michał Włodarczyk

EY Poland, EY Law, Manager

People as a foundation of every business  

As we live in the age marked by striving to find talents, increasing turnover rates and scarce availability of skilled specialists, it becomes crucial to understand that people are the foundation of any company, the factor deciding whether the business will succeed or fail.

Professional legal advice helps gain an understanding of labour and employment laws to effectively manage costs and risks, proactively identify potential hurdles, and facilitate efficient, timely and agile application of global or regional projects, with employee matters given due care. Leverage our extensive experience and professional support in these areas. We stay abreast of new labour law developments and interpretations and prevailing HR trends in Poland and world-wide. 

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Labour law – areas of our support 

EY Law professionals have the multijurisdictional experience and knowledge to assist corporate leaders in the feasibility, design, application and coordination of HR-related issues.  

  • Employee files and internal procedures

    • Choice of the optimal form of employment and drafting employment contracts, B2B contracts, management contracts
    • Drawing up non-compete agreements
    • Loyalty agreements
    • Developing internal rules and regulations, including a work policy, a compensation policy, a remote work policy
    • Codes of conduct and whistleblowing policies
    • Implementation of an A-to-Z anti-mobbing policy

  • Staff restructuring

    • Support for the purpose of individual and collective dismissals
    • Voluntary resignation schemes
    • Support for the purpose of M&A transactions, including advice on transfers of employers and employees
    • Staff outsourcing
    • Precarious jobs

  • Salary and benefits

    • Advice on salaries to employees as well as bonus and incentive schemes
    • Analyses of Management and C-suite compensation structures, legal support to enable change
    • Legal support to help implement and maintain the Act on the Rules Governing the Assessment of Salaries of Executives at Selected Company Types and the Act on the Management of Public Assets; drafting documents to ensure compliance
    • Advice on the Company Social Benefits Fund (ZFŚS)
    • Support for the purpose of employee pension and capital schemes

  • Protection of personal data in the workplace

    • Legal and employee audits and GDPR post-implementation audits in HR functions
    • Drafting internal data privacy documents and policies
    • Employee privacy monitoring and protection, including the recording of employees at work or the screening of company emails
    • Support for the purpose of PUODO audits

  • Relationships with employees

    • Support to streamline cooperation with trade unions, works councils and employee representation
    • Drawing up collective labour arrangements
    • Support to appoint works council members and employee representation

  • Ongoing HR support

    • Advice on working time, including working time systems and schedules, overtime and accounting for overtime hours
    • Annual holiday and leave of absence
    • Employees’ liability for a breach of duties
    • Advice on business trips and cross-border assignments
    • Support in the course of PIP (Labour Inspection Office) audits

  • Court disputes

    • Representing employers in all labour and employment law disputes, including termination of the employment relationship, mobbing and discrimination. 

Why EY Law Poland?

Areas of legal practice

We advise on all aspects of employer-employee relations, both individually and collectively.

Effectiveness and efficient execution

Thanks to the global reach, the highest quality professionalism of our experts and the proposed innovative solutions, we provide our customers with a product tailored to their individual needs.

Comprehensive solutions

We offer comprehensive solutions in cooperation with EY's Corporate Law, Competition Law, Strategy & Transactions, Tax Advisory teams.

Team of experts

Our team consists of attorneys and legal advisors who are distinguished by comprehensive experience and in-depth knowledge of business principles.

Awards 

The EY Law Poland team is regularly recognized in prestigious rankings Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, WTR 1000.

Think globally, act locally

EY offers its services in 150 countries, and thanks to our extensive network of contacts and extensive exchange of experience, we create custom solutions.

Our strengths are experience and a professional approach of the highest standard. 

We work with EY's network of experienced international employment lawyers to obtain or verify the information you need.

We also cooperate with the EY Polska People Advisory Services team, thanks to which we are constantly acquainted with the latest trends in HR, which allows us to create innovative solutions.

We also help in managing employee legal aspects related to the following processes: restructuring, mergers, acquisitions and all kinds of business transformations.

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