Two watchdogs to oversee labor rights

Head of the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) Krzysztof Kwiatkowski has pledged that his institution will cooperate with the National Labor Inspectorate (PIP) on supervising compliance with labor law. Both watchdogs are to examine types of employment in the public finance sector. Minister Hickiewicz has expressed concern about the growing number of civil law contracts being offered to employees in place of full-time employment contract. Those workers have no paid leave, nor any protection in the event of an accident or illness. They are neither entitled to receive benefits or pension. Hickiewicz also added that labor law in Poland is obsolete and it has to be created from scratch.