Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk also reminded that “the PIP reform is included in the National Reconstruction Plan.”
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— We are talking about the shape of an effective tool to counteract the pathology that plagues the Polish labor market, i.e. the pathology of junk contracts. There are no discussions or disputes about this, said Minister of Labor Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk in a conversation with journalists.
She emphasized that this is an important issue for millions of employees, including: pregnant women who work on the so-called under a junk contract may be deprived of work from one day to the next.
— This is a problem that the Left wants to fight, this is a problem that the Left will fight, but what specific tool will be used and what shape this tool will have will of course be agreed with the coalition partners. If there is an expectation that something should be clarified or changed, this conversation will be held, declared the head of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.
The draft act on the reform of the National Labor Inspectorate, developed at the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy, included, among others: enabling district inspectors to change contracts for specific work, mandate contracts or B2B contracts into employment contracts. At the beginning of December last year the regulation was adopted by the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers.
However, on Tuesday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that work on the PIP reform would not continue. As he explained, excessive power for officials introduced by the reform would be destructive for companies and would mean the loss of jobs for many people.
The draft PIP reform provides an appeal path for parties who do not agree with the Labor Inspector's decision. The decision of the district inspector may be appealed against to the Chief Labor Inspector. At the end of the appeal route is the labor court.
The bill on the PIP reform also provided for: exchange of information and data between ZUS, PIP and KAS for the purposes of risk control and analysis; improving PIP inspections by introducing remote inspections and using technical devices enabling remote inspection activities, introducing electronic documentation prepared during inspections, in particular inspection protocols. The regulation also introduced, among others: solutions regarding the amount of fines for offenses against employee rights, aimed at ensuring more effective protection of employees and acting as a deterrent for employers who do not comply with labor law provisions.
The PIP reform in this form, especially the possibility of transforming civil law contracts into employment contracts, has sparked discussions. Entrepreneurs were against this change and trade unions defended it.
