Labour law

We render full-range advisory to Polish and international firms in all sectors on legal aspects of employment. Our services include:

advising on collective employment relations, collective bargaining agreements and other agreements between employers and employee representatives,
collective disputes and negotiations with trade unions,
take-over of personnel, and restructuring and integrating employee teams,
group redundancies,
analysing and drafting employment documentation, e.g. work and pay rules, company policies and ethical principles,
pension, option and other schemes,
drafting individual employment, co-operation, management, and non-compete contracts, etc,
business immigration (legalising the work and stay of foreigners employed in Poland),
employment termination,
representation in labour courts at all instances,
health and safety at work and protection of special employee groups (e.g. pregnant women),
working time organisation and settlement,
discrimination in the workplace, including mobbing; drawing up good employer practices that help avoid court cases.

To meet our clients’ needs we frequently supplement our services with any tax advisory that may be required.

Lawyers

Łukasz Górzny

Paulina Janas

Bogusław Kapłon

Aleksandra Michalska

Agata Mierzwa

Justyna Siemiatycka

Sylwester Silski

Justyna Tyc-Brzosko

Chambers Europe 2023

News | 16.03.2023 In the latest Chambers Europe ranking, our law firm and lawyers have been distinguished in as many as 16 fileds of expertise. We are thrilled that 21 DZP specialists joined the group of recommended experts.

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We are focused on sustainability. DZP joins ESG Initiative

News | 08.12.2022 We were the first law firm to sign a declaration of cooperation with the Warsaw School of Economics in the ESG Initiative, which is aimed at bringing together entities for which ESG is one of the key elements of doing business.

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Changes in labour law 2022/2023

Alert | 05.12.2022 Bogusław Kapłon, Agata Mierzwa, Łukasz Górny i Paulina Janas of the Labour Law and Social Security discuss draft amendments to the Labour Code and changes to the regulations that will come into effect in the coming year.

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Report on "Barriers to ESG in Poland. Challenges and lessons for the future"

Publication | 30.11.2022 A team of DZP experts led by Anna Partyka-Opiela and Maria Papis has drawn up a report comprising a compendium of knowledge on the role of reporting, barriers and difficulties, and potential solutions to help companies report on sustainable development issues.

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