Council for Social Dialog to replace Tripartite Commission

The Polish President,  Bronisław Komorowski, signed the law introducing the Council for Social Dialog (Rada Dialogu Społecznego), that would replace the Tripartite Commission. “The Council for Social Dialog will be a trilateral cooperation forum of the representatives of workers, employers and the government. The changed legal formula that meets the expectations of all stakeholders and is better adapted to modern conditions should provide conditions conducive to social dialog,” a statement read. This law will be implemented after fourteen days, therefore it will be the task of the elected president Andrzej Duda to choose the officials for the Council. The Tripartiate Commission was supposed to discuss labor issues and involve the government, labor unions and employers organizations. Trade unions suspended their participation in the workings of the commission in mid-2013. They argued that the employers’ representation “imposed dictate instead of dialogue.”