Przedsiębiorca jako pracodawca

Abstract

This chapter presents the duties of the entrepreneur regarding employees and other persons performing work, focusing on recent labour law changes enforced in 2016 and 2017. The paper outlines the legal basis for employment on both labour law and civil law contracts, delimiting the freedom of the entrepreneur and showing the principles governing the social security coverage. It focuses mainly on the labour law employment relationship, presenting duties connected with the establishment of an employment contract, types of employment contracts, introducing internal regulations and preparing individual employee documentation. It also describes the employer’s obligations connected with employment relationship, especially the obligation to pay remuneration. The study analyzes briefly the termination of employment contracts, taking into account the termination by mutual consent and the termination with or without notice.