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Polish firms employ 185,000 Ukrainians under simplified procedure

As many as 185,000 Ukrainians have been employed under a simplified procedure that Poland introduced to help them find work, the Ministry of Family and Labour has said.

Lower house rejects new Covid-19 bill

The Sejm, lower house of parliament, has rejected a Covid-19 bill which envisaged the possibility for free-of-charge testing of employees and increased fines for the violation of epidemic regulations.

Poland's public administration to work from home due to Covid infections

Public administration employees will have to work from home soon due to rising Covid infections but the government is unlikely to introduce any lockdowns, the health minister has said.

Verification of workers' Covid certificates likely to start in January

A bill enabling employers to verify worker's Covid vaccination status was tabled at the Polish parliament on Tuesday and the realistic timescale for it to come into force is early January, the government spokesman said on Wednesday.

Most Poles favour four-day working week - study

A majority of Polish workers are in favour of shifting to a four-day working week, research by the Personnel Service employment agency has shown.

Public employees stage protest at PM's office

Several hundred people employed in state agencies and institutions staged a protest in front of the Polish prime minister's office on Saturday, demanding higher wages amid long-lasting problems with pay rises in the sector.

Public employees stage demo in Warsaw

Polish public sector employees on Saturday demonstrated against low wages in front of the Family and Labour Ministry and in several other places around Warsaw.

Business services may double headcount over decade, lobby says

The number of employees in the services for business sector in Poland, which now stands at 355,000, may double within the next ten years, according to information released at a business lobby congress.

Health Ministry presents employee vaccination plan to gov't

Employers will be able to ask employees if they have been vaccinated and then make decision on their employment status under a draft law that has already been presented to the government, the health minister has said.

Almost half of Poles asked for a pay raise last year - survey

Around 45 percent of Polish employees asked for a pay raise last year, one in three had never done so before, according to a survey published on Friday.

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Auschwitz museum launches fascinating photo album to coincide with 75th anniversary

Opened on the initiative of former prisoners on 2 July, 1947, the history of the museum has now been documented in the new album divided into six sections and entitled  '75 years of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial'.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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