Fixed-term contract law changed

A new law restricting fixed-term labor contracts to 33 months in length came into effect on Monday.  The measure, passed by the Sejm in June 2015, changes the  circumstances under which employers can give their employees' fixed-term contracts and the benefits that go along with it. From now on, after being employed for 33 months by the same employer, workers will automatically gain indefinite term contracts, giving them access to a 3-month notice period in the event of their contract being terminated. Simultaneously, employees on all fixed-term contracts will now also benefit from notice lengths identical to those on indefinite contracts, corresponding to employment time. The new labor law was passed after the European Court of Justice declared in March 2014 that the short notice period in fixed-term contracts was discriminatory towards workers and gave employers the ability to abuse long-employed workers at their businesses.