{"id":43437,"date":"2024-03-06T16:34:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=43437"},"modified":"2024-03-07T11:54:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T10:54:51","slug":"editorial-note-03-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev2.bpcc.org.pl\/pl\/editorial-note-03-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial Note"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43437\" class=\"elementor elementor-43437\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b88e8e2 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b88e8e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18ac29df\" data-id=\"18ac29df\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d16b2df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d16b2df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev2.bpcc.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/DK-i-MD-Contact-rqcxj8pv6zs92b84mk4e9upu2s2h312ztgthiobbpc.png\" title=\"DK i MD Contact\" alt=\"DK i MD Contact\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f1d01b5\" data-id=\"5f1d01b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1337b5ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1337b5ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>By Michael Dembinski, chief advisor, and Dorota Kierbied\u017a, membership director, BPCC<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30f2b3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30f2b3c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba13f6a\" data-id=\"ba13f6a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89c4a71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89c4a71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>A tipping point in the Polish labour market? <\/strong><\/p><p>Last month\u2019s unemployment figures, by the Statistics Poland measure of registered unemployed, have jumped month on month from 5.1% to 5.4%. By the Eurostat measure of the economically inactive, the rise is from 2.7% to 3.1%. While there\u2019s an element of seasonality here, and deducing a trend from a single month\u2019s data is impossible, the numbers may serve as a clue that a sea-change in market conditions is under way. Is AI already starting to reduce the amount of work needed from humans? Anecdotal evidence from members suggests that in some sectors \u2013 notably tech \u2013 hiring has slowed down and lay-offs are being reported. Yet macroeconomic forecasts suggest that growth will accelerate in the second half of this year.<\/p><p>So what will 2024 look like on the Polish labour market? That\u2019s what this issue of <em>Contact Magazine Online<\/em> intends to answer. With 3 interviews and 20 articles, we bring you a representative cross-sector overview of the market, from which you will be able to draw insightful conclusions of practical value to your business\u2019s HR strategy.<\/p><p><strong>The interviews: <\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=43463&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=6418de050c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agnieszka Kulikowska, senior partner &amp; global DE&amp;I ambassadors\u2019 head in Page Executive<\/a>, discusses the changes taking place across the recruitment scene in Poland, driven by demographics, IT, wage pressure, and the shifting trends on global markets.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42591&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=1f450806d8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Launay, the British Council\u2019s recently appointed director for Poland and Czechia<\/a>, talks about her first impressions of Poland and its human skills potential.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42603&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=ebfdc25f0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaroslaw Skupinski, HR country head and board member at GSK Poland<\/a>, says that more and more global functions are being brought to this country, and that the GSK workforce is becoming increasingly diverse, with around 10% of employees coming from abroad.<\/p><p><strong>The articles:<\/strong><\/p><p>We start with the overview<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42536&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=32208402c3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agnieszka Kolenda, executive director at Hays Poland<\/a> paints the big picture of the Polish\u00a0HR scene and the main trends unfolding this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42497&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=e1c7ceca77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agata Qanadilo from AstraZeneca<\/a> highlights the need to blend young talent with experienced hands in a tight labour market. <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42552&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=5a0a5c278c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magdalena Pano\u0144ko, COO of GS Services Poland<\/a> lists eight key areas to keep an eye on in these uncertain times for HR. The tougher it is to recruit suitably skilled employees, the more employers need to strengthen their diversity and inclusion culture, finds a <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42580&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=4d0a4ee27a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report by ACCA<\/a>. And <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=43237&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=98f6d869c7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mazars brings together all Polish HR rules and regulations<\/a> into one place; here you\u2019ll find it in a nutshell.<\/p><p><strong>Wellbeing on the agenda<\/strong><\/p><p>To what extent is the employer obliged to take care of their employees\u2019 mental wellbeing? ask <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42438&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=8201e9007e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monika Krzyszkowska-D\u0105browska and Dr Katarzyna Wieczorek from Linklaters<\/a>. An essential part of wellbeing is to feel in control of the ageing process; <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42522&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=bca943c439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joanna Bensz, founder and CEO of Longevity Center<\/a> shares some key tips. Employers that make wellbeing a central element of their HR policy are more successful in attracting employees back to the office, suggest <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42766&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=963b74c723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weronika Pomin and Agata Wojnowska, from VML Enterprise Solutions<\/a> (formerly Wunderman Thompson Technology).<\/p><p><strong>AI \u2013 an opportunity or threat for HR?<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=43338&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=754b1ef354\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dorota Grudzien-Molenda, managing partner of Arthur Hunt Consulting Polska<\/a>, asks what IT competencies will be in greatest demand as the AI revolution sweeps across the labour market, and how to blend AI with traditional skills. <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42619&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=95c3d73547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0141ukasz Chodkowski, managing director of D\u00e9hora Poland<\/a> says flexibility and resilience are more important than ever as a new IT revolution dawns. <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42747&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=c90f156d0f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bo\u017cena Roczniak, CEO of OstendiHR<\/a>, considers the increasingly important role that AI has to play in the recruitment process. If one sector has been truly shaken up by AI, it\u2019s the translation industry. What roles are still left for human skills and experience, asks <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=43145&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=49fd89de84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natalia Horbachevska, CEO of TaskForce<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>The legal issues<\/strong><\/p><p>Online platforms enabling full-remote work face new EU regulations. What this means for both parties to the contact is described by <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42566&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=50f3ee92eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bartosz Wszeborowski and Krzysztof Iwaniuk<\/a> from PCS | Littler.<\/p><p>Better employee retention saves huge costs related to recruitment, on-boarding and training. <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42477&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=16fa5a9c4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olga D\u0105browska-Mel and Magdalena Profic<\/a>, from Bird &amp; Bird Poland, go through the mechanisms that firms can deploy to help hang on to key staff. <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42627&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=7c58ae0188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bartosz Wszeborowski, Michalina Lewandowska-Alama and Aleksandra Bruchajzer, from PCS | Littler<\/a> sum up the lessons learned over the 12 months during which the Polish Labour Code has included new provisions concerning remote work \u2013 the pros, the cons, the myths and the reality. The EU Whistleblower Directive was meant to have been implemented by Poland by late 2021; it still hasn\u2019t happened. \u201cWhat next?\u201d asks <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42544&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=4b022b772d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magdalena Wilkoszewska from TGC Corporate Lawyers<\/a>. It\u2019s been five years since employers could legally replace employee records on paper files with electronic ones; <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42703&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=561177694e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El\u017cbieta Mi\u0119kus, COO of Contract Administration<\/a> considers the advantages of a switch to employee e-files and what needs to be borne in mind when switching. Company cars used for private purposes attract the attention of the tax authorities. The increasing use of electric vehicles raises questions; <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42452&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=595ec4f99b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weronika Nazarkiewicz from Staniek and Partner<\/a>s explains the CIT and PIT implications. Group layoffs are discussed by <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42467&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=d3fdfb9ac9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Micha\u0142 Tutaj from CMS<\/a> \u2013 what counts as a group layoff, and what it means for companies terminating the employment contracts of multiple employees as conditions become tougher.<\/p><p><strong>And finally\u2026<\/strong><\/p><p>Managing dispersed teams working remotely in different countries means focusing on communication and language. <a href=\"https:\/\/bpcc.org.pl\/?p=42738&amp;preview=1&amp;_ppp=d799f2971b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here are some useful tips from Berlitz<\/a> to help overcome barriers to effective cooperation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Dembinski, chief advisor, and Dorota Kierbied\u017a, membership director, BPCC \u00a0 A tipping point in the Polish labour market? Last month\u2019s unemployment figures, by the Statistics Poland measure of registered unemployed, have jumped month on month from 5.1% to 5.4%. By the Eurostat measure of the economically inactive, the rise is from 2.7% to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[308],"class_list":["post-43437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contact-magazine","author-bpcc_en","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"authors":[{"term_id":308,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"bpcc_en","display_name":"British Polish Chamber of Commerce","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/dev2.bpcc.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Vertical_logotype_red_crown_transparent.png","url2x":"https:\/\/dev2.bpcc.org.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Vertical_logotype_red_crown_transparent.png"},"first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":"","description":"Since 1992, the British-Polish Chamber of Commerce has been working on behalf of its member companies in two areas - business development and the business environment. By offering extensive networking opportunities - at events and through its digital media - the BPCC helps to connect companies for mutual tangible benefits. \r\n\r\nThe BPCC is the first point of contact for all investors who see Poland as a convenient location to start an investment. 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