Sejm passes bill changing requirements for information submission to ZUS

The Sejm endorsed legislation Friday that, if enacted into law, would oblige companies employing more than 20 people to send employees' job-related details to the state insurer Zaklad Ubezpieczen Spolecznych (ZUS) via its Internet site and pay employer contributions via bank transfers. Smaller companies would still be entitled to send this information via normal mail. Deputies also included a provision calling for ZUS to inform all insured about the current level of their pension accounts. The clause would require ZUS to begin this process by August 31, 2001 with one year to complete the task. (Gazeta Wyborcza, Dec. 9-10, p.4)