Publication date: May 23, 2025
The ability to create and implement new ideas is one of the most important elements that helps companies stand out on the market and achieve success. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a particularly important role in the development of the economy. They are the ones that often employ people in their local communities, quickly adapt to changes and are the source of many modern solutions. According to the definition in Commission Recommendation 2003/361, the SME category includes enterprises with fewer than 250 employees, whose annual turnover does not exceed EUR 50 million or whose annual balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 43 million. Within this category, a distinction is made between microenterprises (up to 10 employees), small enterprises (up to 50 employees) and medium-sized enterprises (up to 250 employees).
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Publication date: May 23, 2025
The purpose of Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of the European Parliament and of the Council (FSR) on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market is to enable the European Commission to conduct analyses of subsidies granted by non-EU countries to companies operating in the EU and to combat their negative impact on the single internal market in the European Union.
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Publication date: May 23, 2025
Lead: The AI Act is the legal core for regulating the rules of trade and use of AI technologies. This key document, which can be classified in the substantive law segment, should be read primarily as a list of “prohibitions” for full economic freedom for a noble purpose: namely, to maintain the right balance between market protection and Europe’s competitiveness vis-à-vis other global markets.
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Publication date: May 21, 2025
The processing of employee personal data is an important aspect of labor law, especially in the context of the growing popularity of remote work and the digitalization of employment processes. In accordance with national and EU law, the processing of such data must be carried out in accordance with specific principles that ensure the protection of employee privacy. In particular, regulations such as Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, known as GDPR impose a number of obligations on employers regarding the storage, collection and processing of personal data. In addition to GDPR, issues related to the processing of employee personal data are also regulated in detail in the Labor Code, which is the basic legal act regulating labor relations in Poland.
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Publication date: May 21, 2025
Form of employment contract
The employment contract in Poland should be concluded in writing. If it is not concluded in writing, the employer is obliged to confirm to the employee in writing no later than the day of commencement of work the following:
- type of contract concluded,
- its conditions.
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