All articles by Karolina Barałkiewicz-Sokal

The Polish government has published a draft act implementing EU Directive 2023/970, aimed at effectively strengthening the principle of equal pay through pay transparency, objective job evaluation, and pay gap reporting in companies with 100+ employees. Discover the key obligations and practical steps you can take now to prepare your organization safely ahead of the 7 June 2026 deadline.

We have just concluded the fifth edition of the “Time for Equal Pay!” conference—an event that has become a fixture on the calendar of debates on employment law, HR, and pay equity in Poland.

A single-member limited liability company is a solution that allows an entrepreneur to operate as a capital company without the need for additional shareholders. In this article, we discuss how such a company functions in practice, what risks it entails, and when it is worth considering alternatives.

Serving as a member of a company's management board is not only prestigious but also involves several legal obligations and responsibilities. In this article, we explain how the management board is appointed in Poland, what the rules of company representation are, and to what extent board members are liable.

We are delighted to invite you to the fifth anniversary edition of the “Praktycy dla HR” conference, which will take place online on 26 November 2025. It is a great pleasure for us that, once again, we can meet with you—HR professionals, lawyers, and representatives of business, public administration, and non-governmental organizations—to discuss the challenges of today’s labor market together.

In this article, we present the key legal forms of companies in Poland, outline their advantages and disadvantages, and offer tips on which structures are particularly suitable for founders and investors.

Pracuj.pl survey from August 6, 2025 (https://media.pracuj.pl/415586-granice-przekroczone-37-pracownikow-zrezygnowalo-z-pracy-przez-brak-poszanowania-czasu-prywatnego), shows that as many as 37% of employees resigned from their jobs due to a lack of respect for their private time. With the end of the holiday season, it is a good moment to summarize the most important regulations of the Labor Code concerning the rights and obligations of both parties in relation to vacation leave.

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has presented a new version of a draft amendment to the regulations on mobbing, which aims to clarify the definition and raise the standards of employee protection. The changes will affect employers' obligations in terms of prevention, documentation and liability, as well as the minimum level of compensation.

The EU Pay Transparency Directive will come into force in June 2026, but it is already raising many questions and concerns. During the expert webinar, we discussed how to effectively and consciously prepare your organization for the upcoming changes.

On 12 June 2025, another Pracodawca PRO webinar was held. Paula Staszak-Urbańska interviewed Karolina Barałkiewicz-Sokal and Edyta Jagodzińska-Pawluk on the role of trainings in team development and meeting ESG standards. Below we present the key takeaways from that discussion.