Unfairly introduced garbage is an evil that must be fought, said the Speaker of the Sejm, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, during a conference organized on the occasion of the 107th anniversary of the National Labor Inspectorate. He declared that he supported the direction of the National Labor Inspectorate reform, which increases the powers of inspectors.
The conference “At the turn of the century” on the occasion of the 107th anniversary of the National Labor Inspectorate was organized on Friday at the Sejm. The decree establishing the labor inspection was signed on January 3, 1919 by the head of state, Józef Piłsudski.
Czarzasty: Śmieciówki is an evil that must be fought
During the conference, the Speaker of the Sejm, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, emphasized that the inspection should take care of the interests of working people, both employees and employers. The next challenge, as the Marshal said, is, among others: increasing the powers of the National Labor Inspectorate. According to the project prepared by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, inspectors will have the power to transform civil law contracts into employment contracts.
– I want to make it clear that I support this direction – he said. – I believe that unfairly introduced garbage is an evil that must be fought – he added.
He explained that it is not about eliminating civil law contracts at any cost.
– What we mean is that there are places in Poland where the labor market is poor, where the employer says: either sign such a contract or leave this office. But once you leave this office, you won't find any other place of work. And such practices are unacceptable, Czarzasty emphasized.
He added that labor inspection should be principled in such matters. He stressed that labor courts should also be strengthened. As he said, together with Prime Minister Donald Tusk, they reached an agreement that it was necessary to continue working on the PIP reform project.
Minister of Labor Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk pointed out that the National Labor Inspectorate is an institution that is a sign of the continuity of the state. As she noted, in the 1950s, the authorities tried to dismantle inspection, which led to a rapid increase in accidents at work, including fatal ones.
Dziemianowicz-Bąk: The system is not fully fair
– Various types of contracts offered to Polish employees divide them into better and worse. On those protected by Polish labor law and on those who are deprived of this protection. Those who are entitled to normal holiday leave, sick leave, a safe notice period, and those from whom all this is taken away, she pointed out.
She emphasized that “we have a good Labor Code”, but its effective enforcement should be strengthened.
She added that when working on changing regulations, sometimes you have to make compromises, take a step back or stop. – But we do not deviate from this path. We do not intend to give up, because strengthening inspections, and thus strengthening and making the protection of Polish workers more realistic, is necessary and inevitable, but also an important, good and necessary future, said Dziemianowicz-Bąk.
Marcin Stanecki, the head of the National Labor Inspectorate, talked about the history of the National Labor Inspectorate. He recalled people who distinguished themselves for the institution, such as the pre-war chief labor inspector Marian Klott and Halina Krahelska – a woman labor inspector who, during World War II in a concentration camp, developed modern rules for the functioning of inspections in free Poland.
– 30 years ago, the chief labor inspector, Tadeusz Sułkowski, for the first time in history presented a report on the activities of the National Labor Inspectorate to the Sejm of the Republic of Poland and the Speaker of the Sejm, this function was then held by Aleksander Małachowski. This opened the way to a parliamentary debate on socially important problems, said Stanecki.
He added that inspection is often mentioned in the context of control and penalties, but from the point of view of Polish society and the Polish economy, this role is much broader.
– The National Labor Inspectorate is the guardian of fair competition. By eliminating pathologies, illegal work and gross health and safety violations, we protect those entrepreneurs who play fair and build Polish GDP in an ethical way. The National Labor Inspectorate is one of the most important guarantors of the political stability of our country, emphasized Stanecki. (PAP)
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