The Sejm adopted an amendment to the Labor Code regarding sobriety tests and remote work on January 10, 2023. The bill is now waiting for the president's signature.

The regulations regarding sobriety tests may come into force in January 2023, while the regulations regarding remote work will come into force in late March or early April 2023.

1. Sobriety check

The employer may introduce sobriety tests for employees or tests for the presence of substances with a similar effect to alcohol in their bodies if this is necessary to ensure the protection of the life and health of employees or other persons or the protection of property.

1. How to implement sobriety testing?
2. When can an employee's sobriety be checked?
3. What research methods can be used?
4. Must an employee under the influence of alcohol or other substances be dismissed?
5. When does an employer not allow an employee to work?

2. Remote work

The definition of remote work specifies that it is work that can be performed wholly or partially at a place indicated by the employee and agreed upon with the employer in each case, including at the employee's home address, in particular using means of direct distance communication.

1. How to introduce new regulations?
2. Can an employee work remotely at any time?
3. Can an employer send an employee to work remotely?
4. What are the obligations of the employer and the employee under the new regulations?
5. Will every employee be able to work remotely?
6. Who can't be refused remote work?
7. Can an employee be monitored while working remotely?
8. Who bears the costs of remote work?

If you are interested in the above topics or are wondering how to implement these changes in your company, please contact our law firm directly to our experts: attorney-at-law Izabela Cybul-Gruba – i.cybul@kglegal.pl and attorney-at-law Marta Chodzińska – m.chodzinska@kglegal.pl .

As a law firm, we have taken steps to publish an appropriate compendium discussing the changes introduced and their consequences, and we are also developing recordings with our experts that will address issues related to changes in the Labor Code.

This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.

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