During the interview at Polsat News, Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk, head of the labor department, announced Completion of the initial stage of analyzes regarding the shortening of the working week. The minister announced that the most important conclusions will be presented in the last week of April. “We'll say what next,” she added. Work on this topic is part of the MRPiPS strategy implemented since last year.
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According to Dziemianowicz-Bąk, these analyzes are very promising. – The most basic conclusions are that this solution is expected, that it must and will be based on maintaining the level of the same salary. That is, a shorter work week-yes, but with the same salary-said Dziemianowicz-Bąk. She added that the third conclusion is that the solutions must be “tailor -made”. “Other probably for the industrial sector, others for creative or office workers, because it is not always one solution to everyone,” she noted.
On Thursday, “DGP” reminded that research and conceptual work on shortening the work week has been going on in MRPiPS since last year. The MRPiPS press office in response “DGP” said that the conclusions of the analyzes are promising. “However, we already know that shortening of working time will have to be distributed in time and gradual, and solutions must be sewn tailored to specific social groups” – emphasized.
“DPG” reminded that although in Poland there is currently no legal basis for the introduction of a four -day working week at the national level, companies have such a possibility as part of an agreement with employees.
The analyzes indicated, with reference to Eurostat data, that Poland is at the forefront of EU countries where you work the longest. The actual weekly working time is 39.3 hours, while the EU average is 36.1 hours. According to the Labor Code, the working time may not exceed eight hours a day and on average 40 hours in an average five -day work week in the adopted accounting period not exceeding four months.
