Poland
Anticrisis Shield 2.0 – Solutions in the labor law area
The Parliament adopted amendments to the Act on special arrangements for the prevention and combating of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and the resulting emergencies and other acts. The so-called "Anti-Crisis Shield 2.0" was signed by the President and came into force. What changes in labor law are waiting for entrepreneurs?The Polish Act on counteracting COVID-19 entered into force
On 31 March, 2020 an amendment to the Act on specific solutions related to the preventing, counteracting and combating COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them, together with other acts (the “Act”) entered into force.Anti-Crisis Shield - key changes related to the financial market
On 26 March 2020, the Parliament received a governmental bill amending the Act on special arrangements for preventing, counter-acting and combating COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them and certain other laws (hereinafter the 'Anti-Crisis Shield' or 'the Act'), which is being carried out by the necessary legislative process in an extraordinary manner. Since, in accordance with Article 92 of the Act, it enters into force on the day following its promulgation, with a number of exceptions, including those providing for the retroactive effect of certain regulations, it seems necessary to examine the main solutions provided for in the Anti-Crisis Shield now.Anti-Crisis Shield - key changes related to the area of public procurement
Today Poland’s parliament works on the governmental project of amendments to the Act on special arrangements for preventing, counter-acting and combating COVID-19 aiming to introduce the solutions of the Anti-crisis Shield. What solutions it foresees for the area of public procurement?COVID-19: Planned changes in Poland legislation - corporate and commercial matters
The Polish government has presented to the lower chamber of the parliament a bill containing a series of legislative solutions intended to complement and extend the provisions of the current “crisis shield” in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic (the “Act”). In its current wording the bill provides for its own entry into force the day after it is published. We expect the Act to be passed quickly.When the pandemic affects the ability to fulfil obligations - force majeure, extraordinary change of circumstances
The current pandemic has a significant impact on commercial activity, the parties of agreements for a variety of reasons encounter difficulties fulfilling their obligations, keeping deadlines, providing workers. Given the situation we recommend familiarizing oneself with three institutions which in the near future may affect your relationships with clients and contractors: the force majeure clause, the fault principle and the rebus sic stantibus rule, that is the extraordinary change of circumstances.Poland: Changes in the construction process due to COVID-19
The Act of 2 March 2020 on special arrangements for preventing, preventing and combating COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them (hereinafter referred to as 'Special Law'), introduced into the Polish legal order measures and regulations of an emergency nature, the common aim of which is to define the principles and modalities for preventing and combating SARS-CoV-2 infection and for combating the spread of disease caused by that virus, including the principles and modalities for taking anti-epidemic and preventive action to inactivate the sources of infection and to intersect the routes of spread of that infectious disease.