Factsheet for measure
PL-2021-3/1876
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Updated
– measures in Poland
Artists with civil law contracts can claim work stoppage allowance
Artyści na umowach cywilnoprawnych mogą wnioskować o świadczenie postojowe
Background information
In Line with the Financial Shield 6.0 scheme, from 15 January onwards, persons performing civil law contracts (e.g. commission, work) gained the right to a one-time additional work stoppage allowance. These are contracts concluded until 15 December 2020. Creators, artists, technicians supporting culture, architects and persons who provide services to museums (within the scope of extracurricular forms of education and museum guides) will benefit from the work stoppage allowance.
The application must be submitted within 3 months of the month in which the state of pandemic is over.
Content of measure
In order to claim the stoppage allowance, those belonging to the target group have to meet specific conditions. Income from a civil law contract in the month before the one in which the application for a one-time additional work stoppage allowance is submitted cannot exceed 300% of the average monthly remuneration from the previous quarter. The amount of the benefit is PLN 2,080 (some €460). However, if the sum of income from civil law contracts in the month preceding the month in which the application is submitted is up to PLN 1,299.99 (approximately €290), social security will pay the benefit only in the amount of the actually reported income.
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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03 August 2021
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As of early August, the government is planning to update the regulation, so that those who already claimed the benefit will be able to apply for it once more. The core of the regulation will stay the same, that is, this is going to be one-time benefit.
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Use of measure
There is no data available on the number of artists who received standstill benefits during the epidemic period.
A total of 3.8 million applications for standstill benefit were made, with at least 2,1000 found to have been unduly collected, as it was announced in in September 2023 (Leśniak, 2023).
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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National government
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National funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement
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No involvement
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: N/A
Involvement
None.
Views and reactions
Not known involvement.
Sectors and occupations
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This case is sector-specific (only private sector)
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Economic area
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Sector (NACE level 2)
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P - Education
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P85 Education
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R - Arts, Entertainment And Recreation
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R90 Creative, arts and entertainment activities
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This case is not occupation-specific.
Sources
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15 January 2021: Artists with civil law contracts can claim parking allowance (Artyści na umowach cywilnoprawnych mogą wnioskować o świadczenie postojowe)
(www.bankier.pl)
