The employer must remember about the new information obligations regarding hired employees

Currently, information on the terms and conditions of employment, according to Article 29 § 3 of the Labor Code, should include in its content information on:

• daily and weekly working time norms applicable to the employee;
• daily and weekly working hours applicable to the employee;
• breaks at work to which the employee is entitled;
• daily and weekly rest to which the employee is entitled;
• rules on overtime work and compensation for it;
• in the case of shift work – about the rules on moving from shift to shift;
• in the case of several places of work – about the rules on movement between places of work;
• other than those agreed upon in the employment contract, the components of remuneration to which the employee is entitled and benefits in cash or in kind;
• the amount of paid annual leave to which the employee is entitled, in particular vacation leave or, if it is not possible to determine it at the date of providing the employee with this information, about the rules for its determination and granting;
• the applicable rules for the termination of the employment relationship, including formal requirements, the length of notice periods and the time limit for appeal to the labor court or, if it is not possible to determine the length of notice periods on the date of providing the employee with this information, how to determine such notice periods;
• the employee’s right to trainings, if the employer provides them, in particular about the general principles of the employer’s training policy;
• the collective bargaining agreement or other collective agreement to which the employee is covered, and, if a collective agreement is concluded outside the workplace by joint bodies or institutions, the name of such bodies or institutions;
• in the case where the employer has not established work regulations – about the date, place, time and frequency of payment of wages for work, night time and the method adopted by the employer for employees to confirm their arrival and presence at work and justify their absence from work.

The above information shall be provided to the employee no later than 7 days from the date of the employee’s admission to work.