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Today’s news round up in Poland

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Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Employers given powers to test employees for alcohol

Polish employers can now check the sobriety of their workers under an amendment to the Labour Code that came into force on Tuesday.

Poland introduces remote work into labour code

Regulations making remote work an officially recognised mode of working have become binding after Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, signed them into law.

The Way People Work in Poland Is Changing – Remote Work is On The Rise

Many things about our work life have been static for many years. With the rise of technological solutions, the way we work has changed. Until the pandemic took over the world, remote work was still not very common – something that has changed and made people and businesses in Poland rethink the balance between private- and work-life.

Remote work to be covered by changes to the Labour Code

Marlena Malag, the family and social policy minister, said on Tuesday that the government wants to permanently add remote working to the Labour Code in order to make it easier for people to work from home.

Remote work requires new regulations in Poland - study

Poland should introduce clear regulations that would provide employers and employees who work remotely with an appropriate level of flexibility, the Pracodawcy RP business lobby said on Monday.

Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
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Most expensive coin ever sold in Poland is auctioned for jaw-dropping PLN 3.24 million in just one minute

Considered one of the rarest royal coins in the world, the legendary 50-ducat coin of Zygmunt III Vaza minted at the Crown Mint in Bydgoszcz went for a staggering PLN 3.24 million in the lightning-fast audition at the Raffles Hotel in Warsaw.

The first report:

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  • Poland needs its new weapons to strengthen security says Duda
  • Duda says he will talk with Zelensky whenever he has the opportunity
  • Westinghouse, Bechtel partner for Poland's first nuclear power plant
  • Ukrainian agriculture minister ready for talks, says Telus

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

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