Employers fear slow changes to important laws governing businesses

The Cabinet will begin work on the amendments to regulations concerning how businesses are run, with the aim of easing the controls that hinder directors operating a company. However, Rzeczpospolita has leant unofficially the earliest the government will examine the proposals is December 2. This means that it is impossible that the bill would come into force at the beginning of next year, as demanded by employers' organizations. The draft amendments, which have already been sent to the Sejm, envisages limiting the scope of audits and facilitating formalities in acquiring various permits necessary for various types of economic activities. According to unofficial information from the Prime Minister's Office, the Sejm will probably begin work on the amendments in the middle of January. "If this is true, then it is necessary to speed up the legislation procedures in this case," said Marek Goliszewski, the president of the Business Center Club, adding that entrepreneurial organizations are ready to announce their comments on the changes as soon as they become acquainted with them. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) A.K.