Eurofound's COVID-19 EU PolicyWatch collates information on the responses of government and social partners to the crisis, as well as gathering examples of company practices aimed at mitigating the social and economic impacts.
Overview of measures by country
Eurofound has identified 48 measures in Poland in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most cases fall into the category Supporting businesses to stay afloat with 21 cases (44%). The data collection to date started in March 2020, with the next main update scheduled for July 2020.
This overview was prepared by Jan Czarzasty (Warsaw School of Economics) and Eurofound.
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Legislations or other statutory regulations |
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| 11 May 2020 Updated |
Flexible working time arrangements and introduction of less favourable working conditions
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
| 20 January 2021 |
Ban on Sunday trading partly lifted in December
Change of work arrangements (working time, rota schemes) |
Non-binding recommendations or other texts |
| 02 November 2020 |
National-level social partners address economic challenges: transport
Other |
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Legislations or other statutory regulations |
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| 13 April 2020 Updated |
Anti-crisis shield: Employment protection and wage subsidies
Income support for people in employment (e.g. short-time work) |
| 16 September 2020 Updated |
Anti-crisis shield: Wage subsidies for employees with disabilities
Income support for people in employment (e.g. short-time work) |
Non-binding recommendations or other texts |
| 30 December 2020 Updated |
Social partners address economic challenges: central government
Other |
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Company practices |
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| 07 February 2021 Updated |
Autoliv starts to produce masks
Change of production/innovation |
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Legislations or other statutory regulations |
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| 16 July 2020 |
Anti-takeover measures
Other |
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Legislations or other statutory regulations |
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| 31 October 2020 Updated |
New permanent regulation on remote work under consideration
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
Company practices |
| 06 February 2021 |
Schaeffler Global Services Europe: Remote working and workplace well-being measures
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
| 06 February 2021 |
Allegro: remote working policy development
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
| 10 February 2021 |
Netguru: Remote working and well-being at IT company
Teleworking arrangements, remote working |
| 12 February 2021 |
Volkswagen Poznań: Sanitary and organisational adaptations in the automotive production
Occupational health and safety |
| 12 February 2021 |
E.Wedel: Crisis team for safe production
Occupational health and safety |
Non-binding recommendations or other texts |
| 18 September 2020 |
Position of the council for protection of work on safety and protection of health of workers during the pandemic
Occupational health and safety |
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Legislations or other statutory regulations |
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| 16 April 2020 Updated |
Measures supporting solo self-employed and freelancers
Extensions of income support to workers not covered by any kind of protection scheme |
| 11 May 2020 Updated |
Care allowances for working parents forced to provide personal daycare for young children due to school/pre-school system lockdown
Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
| 11 May 2020 Updated |
Sick leave allowance for people returning from abroad and their household members under quarantine
Paid sick leave |
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Company practices |
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| 11 May 2020 Updated |
Optional credit and mortgage freezes
Preventing over-indebtedness |
Disclaimer: This information has not been subject to the full Eurofound evaluation, editorial and publication process. All information is preliminary and subject to change.