Temporary help is being given to businesses and their employees. The legislation, which will only be binding for a temporary period, has been signed by the President and will come into force 14 days after it is published in the Journal of Laws.
It will allow all businesses to:
- extend to up to 12 months the period used for calculating their employees' average working time
- introduce individual working time schedules for particular employees, with different hours of starting and finishing work on consecutive days
- offer employees consecutive fixed-term employment contracts for up to 24 months in total
There are also measures to help employers who have suffered a significant economic deterioration since 1 July 2008, including:
- introducing a temporary 'economic stoppage' during which employees only receive limited pay
- decreasing employees' working time for up to 6 months
- applying to the Labour Fund or the Guaranteed Employment Benefits Fund for financial aid to mitigate the effects of the crisis
To show that they have suffered a significant economic deterioration since 1 July 2008, businesses must be able to show that they:
- regularly pay taxes
- transfer social security premiums and other contributions due to the relevant authorities
- do not qualify for insolvency procedures
- have developed appropriate remedies to combat their economic problems.
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The original publication date for this article was 11/08/2009.