Kancelaria Prawa Pracy Katowice

Kancelaria Prawa Pracy

Pogłódek, Różański S.C.

Legal service in the area of labour- and employment law

As part of comprehensive service in employment law/labour law, we propose our clients the following services among others:

  • advice on employment law/labour law matters;
  • drafting legal opinions on employment law/labour law issues;
  • audits of in-house sources of labour law and adapting them to the amended labour law regulations and also to the ever-changing needs of the employer;
  • preparing draft employee workbooks and remuneration regulation, company-
and supra-company collective labour agreements and regulations of the on-house social benefit funds, while accounting for the specific nature of a given business entity;
  • advisory services and consultations on the practical application of regulations on working time, including assistance in selecting the relevant working time system to suit the needs of a given workplace, a system that would enable rational management of the employees’ working time and generate financial savings for the business entity;
  • assistance in creating work time sheets and recording working time;
  • assistance in transformation processes – buying, selling, taking over companies, privatisation (transfer of an employing establishment or a part thereof to another employer – a procedure under Article 231 of the Labour Code) – advisory services and drafting the relevant documents;
  • advisory services and assistance in the group layoff processes along with the preparation of documents specified by law;
  • conducting specialist audits (in accordance with the client’s needs) more
  • giving advice on and drafting all types of model employee documents used by the employer, including but not limited to: documents on entrusting assets to employees; non-competition agreement, documents relating to confidentiality duties and business secrecy;
  • consultations regarding the preparation of letters terminating employment contracts and statements of service; 
  • advisory services in regard to compliance with regulations on the legality of employment;
  • developing and implementing anti-mobbing procedures;
  • advice on graduate internships and graduate contracts;
  • advice on employment of foreigners;
  • advice on the terms and conditions of employment and giving advice on draft contracts
on secondment of staff employees and workers to the member states of the European Union;
  • advice on the minimum conditions of employing employees and workers seconded to work within the European Union;
  • advice on the working time in the individual member states of the European Union;
  • giving updates on upcoming amendments of laws and advice
on adapting the actual state of affairs to the new legal regulations;
  • advice on the functioning of the trade union organisations, the social labour inspections and works council in employing establishments;
  • taking part in negotiations with trade union organisations operating in the employing establishments;
  • preparing documents required to set up the works council;
  • keeping full employee records, and
  • representing clients before common courts of law.

 

 

AUDITS

 

In accordance with our clients’ requirements the firm executes specialized audits in employment law, the range of which is dependent on specific customer needs. We offer the following types of audits:

 

  • reviewing whether documents the employer is obliged to issue have been developed in accordance with labour law regulations;
  • inspecting the company’s internal sources of labour law in terms of their compliance with law, as well as their attention to the needs and characteristics of a particular customer;
  • inspecting the application of working time systems, working timetables and working time records in terms of their compliance with law, as well as their attention to the needs and characteristics of a particular customer;
  • inspecting documents related to the employment process;
  • inspecting personnel files in terms of compliance with appropriate legal regulations.
  • inspecting regulations in documents containing terms and conditions of employment, in collective agreements or in announcements regarding planning, record-keeping and accounting of working time. The purpose of this audit is to determine the compliance of the existing solutions and documents with the provisions of labour law and customer business needs.
  • inspecting personnel files with regard to compliance with labour law regulations.
The scope of this audit is dependent on specific customer needs and on the main purpose of the audit. It can be conducted in connection with a planned takeover or acquisition of another company in order to determine the responsibilities and risks of the proposed transaction, as well as the necessity to take over employees under the provisions of Article 23 of Labour Code. The special audit may also be carried out if the head of personnel department position changes or in order to tackle a specific problem which is hindering the functioning of the company.

 

Upon completing any of the above audits, we will give the client specific solutions to eliminate irregularities found, if any.