Per hour of work, do not pay less than 12 zł – the President signed into law – Onet.pl

The signed on August 5 the Act stipulates that the minimum wage will be 12 zł per hour, but the amount will be indexed each year – depending on the increase in the minimum wage on-time . Because in 2017. Will force the new amount of the minimum wage (as proposed by the government – 2 thousand. Zł gross), the hourly minimum rate will automatically be valorised.

in subsequent years, the amount will be increased in consultation with the Council for Social Dialogue within the framework of negotiations on the increase in the minimum wage on-time and hourly rate.

According to the Act supplement for night work will not be included in the salary.

the hourly rate is to include not only people in the contracts of the order, but also the self-employed, who single-handedly provide services for companies. The Act specifies when such a solution will be used: eg the orders, which set the time of their benefits. The minimum hourly rate is to apply to all contracts, regardless of the method of determining salary – hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, etc.

the remuneration resulting from the application of the minimum hourly wage is to be paid in cash, at least once a month. Exemptions from the principle of a minimum hourly wage to apply to, among others, family homes and civil law contracts with the care of the participants tours.

The minimum rate will not be too concerned m. al. contractor alone fixing the place and time of execution of tasks if his salary will depend solely on the result achieved. According to the authors of the Act in practice, this means that the new rules will apply to, among others, employees of security firms and cleaners, who have particularly low wage rates.

National Labour Inspectorate – by law – obtain the right to monitor compliance with labor laws and the legality of employment without notice entrepreneurs and at any time of the day or night. The hours of operation of the controlled entity without notice PIP will be able to conduct inspection for the payment of the minimum wage for the job or the provision of services. PIP has control or controlled entity paid the minimum hourly rate, will also be able to command the continued payment of the required amount.

The law also provides for penalties for infringements of the new regulations. For paying the fencing in the amount lower than the applicable minimum hourly wage will be fined 1 thousand. to 30 thousand. zł.

The Act also plotted reduction – up to 80 percent. – The amount of the minimum wage for young workers.

Act and the hourly rate will come into force on 1 January 2017. but some provisions of the earlier – on the day of the Act and on September 1 this year.