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  • Editorial note
  • Managing Director’s interview
  • Interviews
  • Human Resources
  • British-Polish economic relations
Editorial Note British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30 By Michael Dembinski, chief advisor, and Dorota Kierbiedź, membership director, BPCC
Buy British… businesses. J. Dauman Group 2022-08-30 BPCC’s managing director, Marcin Cichy talks to Piotr Kubalka, CEO of J. Dauman Group, about Program Expander, the new initiative designed to support Polish businesses to expand successfully into the UK market through mergers and acquisitions.
Building on the skills of others Arthur Hunt 2022-08-30 Dorota Grudzień Molenda, managing partner, Arthur Hunt Consulting Polska, talks to the BPCC’s Michael Dembinski about the search for top management talent in a rapidly changing market, challenged by demographics, globalisation and technological change. Leading the way in HR best practices London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) 2022-08-30 Nuno Rodrigues Campos and Joanna Mazur, site co-leads of the London Stock Exchange Group’s Gdynia office, talk to the BPCC’s Michael Dembinski about the cutting-edge solutions that make LSEG a stand-out business when it comes to human-resource management. As well as jointly leading the Gdynia site, Nuno retains his function as director, non-financial risk; and Joanna as director of LSEG’s global enhanced due diligence operations. We are building a workplace that inspires Wyborowa Pernod Ricard 2022-08-30 A conversation about diversity and inclusion at Wyborowa Pernod Ricard, with Izabela Nowikowska, HR director CEE
Employment of foreigners in Poland – a guide to legal compliance and inspections EY 2022-08-30 By Michał Wysłocki – expert in Polish immigration law, manager in the Immigration Team, People Advisory Services, EY Poland Share-based incentives in Poland: benefits and key considerations MDDP 2022-08-30 By Agnieszka Telakowska-Harasiewicz, senior manager, tax advisor, Personal Tax and Employer Advisory Team from MDDP Human capital in the process of preparing for a transaction PwC 2022-08-30 By Katarzyna Komorowska, partner, and Izabela Niewirowska, manager PwC, People & Organisation Challenges of implementing whistleblower protection procedures in Poland Osborne Clarke Poland 2022-08-30 By Agata Kałwińska-Bęben, senior associate, Osborne Clarke Poland The evolution of IT outsourcing: the perspective of IT professionals and companies. GS Services 2022-08-30 By Magdalena Panońko, head of delivery, and Barbara Lesiak, head of sales at GS Services Will the Labour Code’s revamped definition of ‘mobbing’ lead to more employee lawsuits? Linklaters 2022-08-30 By Monika Krzyszkowska-Dąbrowska, counsel, head of employment practice at Linklaters Warsaw and Urszula Furgał, junior associate, employment practice, Linklaters Warsaw Pay transparency as an element of equality culture Michael Page 2022-08-30 By Agnieszka Gołębiewska, senior associate manager at Michael Page Human Resources What every employer should know about neurodiversity PCS Paruch Chruściel Schiffter | Littler Global 2022-08-30 By Bartosz Wszeborowski, advocate, senior lawyer and Zuzanna Janelli, trainee-advocate, lawyer at PCS | Littler The power of legal design in HR documentation CMS 2022-08-30 By Tomasz Sancewicz, partner in the employment and immigration practice, CMS From Poland to the UK: navigating business immigration and employment law Bexley Beaumont 2022-08-30 By Nicola Young, employment partner and Alex Clements, employment partner, Bexley Beaumont Navigating talent tides: key insights from the ACCA Global Talent Trends report ACCA Polska 2022-08-30 By Przemek Olszewski, ACCA Poland, Background checks on employees / candidates in light of Polish law Wardyński & Partners 2022-08-30 By Karolina Romanowska, adwokat, Data Practice – Data Economy, and Łukasz Rutkowski, attorney-at-law, Data Practice – Data Economy, Wardyński & Partners Restrictions on additional employment – can an employee be hired exclusively? TGC Corporate Lawyers 2022-08-30 By Piotr Kryczek, radca prawny, TGC Corporate Lawyers. Language competencies in the Polish job market: preparing your employees for future challenges Berlitz 2022-08-30 By Karolina Assi, Berlitz Pains and gains of Poland’s transformation from a low-cost to a value-for-money investment destination Hays Poland 2022-08-30 Łukasz Grzeszczyk, executive director CEE – Talent Location Strategy at Hays How is Poland adapting to evolving work models and flexible work? HSBC 2022-08-30 By Katarzyna Chudzińska-Hooymeyer, cluster head of human resources, HSBC Continental Europe Poland’s demographic struggle Kancelaria GESSEL 2022-08-30 By Adam Kraszewski, partner, attorney at law, Gessel From science to innovation: a new programme for future leaders in life science AstraZeneca 2022-08-30  By AstraZeneca Demographic changes in Poland and the role of experienced professionals in workforce transformation Oryx 2022-08-30 By Izabela Walczewska-Schneyder, Oryx Group The employment relationship from the perspective of employee obligations Staniek & Partners 2022-08-30 By Jagoda Komarzyniec, radca prawny and senior associate, Staniek & Partners. Is Poland ready for the future of work? Déhora 2022-08-30 Łukasz Chodkowski, managing director, Déhora Poland, compares the WEF challenges with domestic survey results
British-Polish economic relations – report launch British Polish Chamber of Commerce 2022-08-30  

Editorial note

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Editorial note, with Michael Dembinski and Dorota Kierbiedź

According to Eurostat, Poland has the lowest unemployment rate in the EU, currently standing at 2.6% (based on a measure of the economically inactive). This time last year, it was 3.1%. The Polish economy is growing while the number of young people starting work continues to fall for demographic reasons. The result is an ever-deepening drought on the labour market. Investment in automation, AI and migrant workers offer some relief to employers.

Managing Director’s interview

BPCC’s managing director, Marcin Cichy talks to Piotr Kubalka, CEO of J. Dauman Group, about Program Expander, the new initiative designed to support Polish businesses to expand successfully into the UK market through mergers and acquisitions.

Interviews

Nuno Rodrigues Campos and Joanna Mazur, site co-leads of the London Stock Exchange Group’s Gdynia office, discuss some of the cutting-edge solutions that make LSEG such a stand-out business when it comes to human-resource management.

Interviews

Dorota Grudzień Molenda, managing partner, Arthur Hunt Consulting Polska, talks about the search for top management talent in a rapidly changing market, challenged by demographics, globalisation and technological advance.

Interviews

Izabela Nowikowska, HR director CEE at Wyborowa Pernod Ricard, discusses the positive results of a well-managed diversity and inclusion policy. Gender balance and a friendly, respectful atmosphere are crucial to this.

Human Resources

Łukasz Grzeszczyk from Hays says that Poland has shifted from being a low-cost investment destination to a value-for-money one, and lists what the country’s gained – and lost – from the shift.

Human Resources

Agnieszka Gołębiewska from Michael Page Human Resources notes the growing importance of pay transparency, especially in gender difference, and points out that new regulations are on their way.

Human Resources

Katarzyna Chudzińska-Hooymeyer from HSBC Continental Europe asks how well Poland is adapting to the challenges of hybrid work, and the problems and opportunities that lie ahead.

Human Resources

Magdalena Panońko and Barbara Lesiak from GS Services discuss IT staff augmentation, and the way it has evolved from being a temporary solution to the core hiring strategy it is today.

Human Resources

Łukasz Chodkowski from Déhora Poland considers the global Future of Jobs 2025 challenges as set out by the World Economic Forum, and compares them with the Polish survey results.

Human Resources

Przemek Olszewski, ACCA Poland, compares Polish and global trends in the way accountancy professionals view hybrid work, satisfaction with pay, and tech overload and stress.

Human Resources

Izabela Walczewska-Schneyder from Oryx Group looks at how Poland will cope with the workforce transformation resulting from the demographic changes that are under way.

Human Resources

Karolina Assi from Berlitz, focuses on the changing needs for foreign language learning in Poland, driven by a new influx of skilled workers from abroad, and the impact of AI.

Human Resources

Katarzyna Komorowska and Izabela Niewirowska from PwC point out that the HR aspect of M&As can lead to retention becoming an issue post-merger/acquisition – unless it’s properly monitored.

Human Resources

Agnieszka Telakowska-Harasiewicz from MDDP takes a look at the benefits and key considerations of share-based incentives in Poland, in particular from the tax treatment of such schemes.

Human Resources

Michał Wysłocki from EY Poland says Polish labour inspection plans to conduct 55,000 inspections in 2025, focused on the legality of employment of foreigners. Are you compliant, he asks?

Human Resources

Tomasz Sancewicz from CMS stresses the need for clarity in HR documentation. Legal design is the answer, he says, and gives examples of how plain language makes documents more effective.

Human Resources

Karolina Romanowska and Łukasz Rutkowski, attorney-at-law from Wardyński & Partners offer advice on whether or not employers can conduct background checks on candidates or employees.

Human Resources

Adam Kraszewski from Gessel drills down into Poland’s demographic problems in the search for solutions that might help ease the country’s labour shortage.

Human Resources

Nicola Young and Alex Clements from Bexley Beaumont enumerate the ways in which Poles can work legally in the UK in what is an increasingly restrictive post-Brexit environment.

Human Resources

Monika Krzyszkowska-Dąbrowska and Urszula Furgał from Linklaters Warsaw ask whether new Polish anti-mobbing legislation will open the floodgates to lawsuits from employees.

Human Resources

Bartosz Wszeborowski and Zuzanna Janelli from PCS | Littler explain howemployers should tackle neurodiversity – working with people on the autism spectrum or with ADHD, for example.

Human Resources

Agata Kałwińska-Bęben, senior associate, Osborne Clarke Poland says new whistleblower legislation, rushed onto the statute books last July, may be problematic for Polish subsidiaries of foreign firms.

Human Resources

Jagoda Komarzyniec from Staniek & Partners casts an eye over the obligations of employees towards their relationship with their employer, as well as their social and ethical awareness.

Human Resources

Piotr Kryczek from TGC Corporate Lawyers considers the restrictions on additional employment and asks whether an employee can be hired exclusively?

Human Resources

AstraZeneca and University of Warsaw are launching a postgraduate programme intended to equip professionals with the expertise needed to bring scientific discoveries to market.

British-Polish economic relations

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