Written contracts to be done away with ? Employers in favour of liberalisation

Pracodawcy RP is recommencing relaxation of the requirement that employment contracts be executed in writing. Implementation of an alternative for the written form needs not entail abjuring reliable contracts.

Under the Polish Labour Code, execution of an employment contract, and likewise any amendment thereof, requires the written form, meaning that it must be signed by one’s own hand […]

The full text of this article is available (in Polish) in Dziennik Polski. If you are interested in an English-language version or in discussing the issues raised herein with one of our lawyers, please contact: kontakt@gessel.pl